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Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste: Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations book cover

1st Edition

Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations

Edited By Susana de Matos Viegas, Rui Feijó Copyright 2017
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would rule. This book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It... Read more

Introduction: exploring cohabitations in Timor-Leste Susana de Matos and Rui Graça Feijó



Part I Contexts for a "revival of custom"



1. Returning to origin places in an expanding world: customary ritual in independent Timor-Leste Elisabeth G. Traube





2. Hunting and harvesting in the commons: on the cultural politics of custom Andrew McWilliam



3. The re-assertion of sacralised authority in post-occupation Uato-Lari Susana Barnes





4. Territorialities of the fallen heroes Susana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça Feijó



Part II Land and territory



5. The challenges of establishing a land tenure system in a newly independent state Dionisio Babo Soares



6. Navigating without a compass: state transition in Timor-Leste’s formal land tenure system Bernardo Almeida



7. Reconceptualizing land and territory in Oecusse Ambeno’s enclave’s special economic zone Laura S. Meitzner Yoder





8. Exchange, water and motif in an etic genre of narrative David Hicks





Part III Governance and democracy





9. An ecology of governance: rethinking the state and political community M. Anne Brown and Damian Grenfell



10. Managing persons and rituals: economic pedagogy as government tactics Kelly Silva





11. Local administration: a view from Vemasse Michael Leach





12. At home we wear cawat, outside we wear a tie: cohabitation and political legitimacy in grass-roots democracy Rui Graça Feijó





13. Conflict resolution and the making of personhood in Lisadila, Maubara Daniel S. Simião

Biography

Susana de Matos Viegas is Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.



Rui Graça Feijó is Research Fellow at the Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, and the Institute for Contemporary History, New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

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