Timor-Leste: A Year of Democratic Elections

Overcoming Secularism? Catholic development geographies in Timor-Leste

“…Substantial sums of poorly accounted money now flow from the government to the Church, ostensibly for anti-violence programmes but also for Church renovations and building. 36 This has raised concerns about its capacity to act as a social conscience: Further similarities to the colonial period, when the Church had an official role in 'civilising' the Timorese, can be seen in a 2008 government bill that gives special recognition to the Church as a moral arbiter in state affairs. 37 The Church has used this new position to promote a conservative interpretation of Catholicism.…”

Performando etnografias no Timor-Leste contemporâneo: entre Kultura e Modernidades

“…O espaço doméstico pode constituir-se tanto como cenário de violência quanto um lugar de construção de autonomia. Ademais, há um reconhecimento social significativo no país do papel que as mulheres desempenharam no período da resistência à violenta ocupação indonésia, atuando nas linhas de frente como guerrilheiras (Guterres, 2014) ou dando outros tipos de suporte aos militantes.…”