Abstract
In this chapter I seek to address questions of cohabitation and power in Timor-Leste by exploring an issue of long-standing interest around complex and often contested questions of resource use, entitlement and authority. These contests are typically expressed between institutions of the nation state (estado) and the diverse emplaced customary institutions (lisan) representing the bulk of the resident population; and I wish to highlight these issues by focusing on what are evidently widespread but poorly researched and documented practices of livelihood foraging in Timor-Leste.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste: Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations |
Editors | Susana de Matos Viegas, Rui Feijo |
Place of Publication | U.K. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 61-78 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315535012 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781138691438 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- Timor-Leste
- hunting and gathering societies
- politics and government