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Bargaining Kultura. Tensions Between Principles of Power Acquisition in Contemporary Timor-Leste

Bargaining Kultura. Tensions Between Principles of Power Acquisition in Contemporary Timor-Leste
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Year:    2018

Author:    Alonso-Población, Enrique, Fidalgo-Castro, Alberto, Pena-Castro, María Jesús

Sociologus, Vol. 68 (2018), Iss. 2 : pp. 107–124

Abstract

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 tension between different modes of social differentiation and the very definition of the operation of power.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    Multiple languages

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.3790/soc.68.2.107

Sociologus, Vol. 68 (2018), Iss. 2 : pp. 107–124

Published online:    2018-12

AMS Subject Headings:    Duncker & Humblot

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

Keywords:    Precedence social change double objectivity revival of tradition Timor-Leste

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Alonso-Población, Enrique

Fidalgo-Castro, Alberto

Pena-Castro, María Jesús

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