O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste

This paper discusses the ways in which the Timorese state has dealt with elements of local governance complexes called kultura. Based on the analysis of recent uses of tara bandu and the organizational dynamics of local power, the text argues that the way in which aspects of local governance complex...

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Main Author:	Kelly Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2014-09-01
Series:	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Subjects:	culture governance local power State‑building tara bandu Timor‑Leste
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/5727

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spelling	doaj-ebdd7b1e88294c85b60aaf07ad22e6392020-11-25T00:42:06ZengCentro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de CoimbraRevista Crítica de Ciências Sociais0254-11062182-74352014-09-0110412315010.4000/rccs.5727O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑LesteKelly SilvaThis paper discusses the ways in which the Timorese state has dealt with elements of local governance complexes called kultura. Based on the analysis of recent uses of tara bandu and the organizational dynamics of local power, the text argues that the way in which aspects of local governance complexes have been recognized and incorporated have turned them into means for pacifying, integrating and monopolizing power. At the same time, kultura is used to transpose and internalize modern practices and projects of social organization and subjectivation. The paper discusses the criticism levelled at the politicization of local elections as an expression of agency and resistance on the part of sectors of the rural populations to projects of political co‑optation of their social reproduction dynamics by the Díli‑based national elites.http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/5727culturegovernancelocal powerState‑buildingtara banduTimor‑Leste
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spellingShingle	Kelly Silva O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais culture governance local power State‑building tara bandu Timor‑Leste
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title	O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste
title_short	O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste
title_full	O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste
title_fullStr	O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste
title_full_unstemmed	O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste
title_sort	o governo da e pela kultura. complexos locais de governança na formação do estado em timor‑leste
publisher	Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
series	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
issn	0254-1106 2182-7435
publishDate	2014-09-01
description	This paper discusses the ways in which the Timorese state has dealt with elements of local governance complexes called kultura. Based on the analysis of recent uses of tara bandu and the organizational dynamics of local power, the text argues that the way in which aspects of local governance complexes have been recognized and incorporated have turned them into means for pacifying, integrating and monopolizing power. At the same time, kultura is used to transpose and internalize modern practices and projects of social organization and subjectivation. The paper discusses the criticism levelled at the politicization of local elections as an expression of agency and resistance on the part of sectors of the rural populations to projects of political co‑optation of their social reproduction dynamics by the Díli‑based national elites.
topic	culture governance local power State‑building tara bandu Timor‑Leste
url	http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/5727
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O governo da e pela kultura. Complexos locais de governança na formação do Estado em Timor‑Leste

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