RT Journal Article
T1 Bargaining Kultura. Tensions Between Principles of Power Acquisition in Contemporary Timor-Leste
A1 Alonso Población, Enrique
A1 Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
A1 Pena Castro, María Jesús
AB In this paper, we analyse a discourse around the notions of kultura (from the Portuguese “cultura”), adat (from the Indonesian “custom” or “tradition” ) or lisan (in Tetun) in contemporary Timor-Leste and explore its contemporary strengthening. On the basis of ethnographic evidence, we suggest that beyond hypotheses explaining the revitalization of traditions as primary or secondary effects of changes in political or religious regimes, economic conditions, or power disputes between different socioeconomic groups, the contemporary dynamics of revitalization and devitalization of traditions in contemporary Timor-Leste can best be interpreted as a tensión between different modes of social differentiation and the very definition of the operation of power.
PB Duncker & Humblot
SN 0038-0377
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12885
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12885
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025