Buka hatene / Compreender / Mengerti / Understanding Timor-Leste
Edited by Hannah Loney, Antero B. da Silva, Nuno Canas Mendes, Alarico da Costa Ximenes and Clinton Fernandes, Hawthorn: Swinburne Press, 2014. Vol. I & II
The papers included in this volume were presented at the Timor-Leste Studies Association’s Understanding Timor Leste 2013 Conference, held at UNTL Liceu Campus, Dili, Timor-Leste, 15 – 16 July 2013. Papers in the collection are divided into two volumes. Volume I contains papers presented in Tetum-Dili and Portuguese, Volume II contains English and Bahasa Indonesia papers.
The online edition also includes a new section of online refereed articles not included in the hard-copy original volumes.
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VOLUME I – Buka Hatene Timor-Leste 2013
Lia Maklokek – Prefácio – Foreword – Prakata
1. Partisipasaun komunidade ba implementasaun tara bandu: Studu kazu kona ba mudansa sosio-kultural iha suco Bucoli, distritu Baucau, Timor- Leste
Zacarias F. da Costa
3. Siensia ba dame iha Timor Lorosa’e
Antero Benedito da Silva
4. Tansá Timor-Leste-Australia seidauk iha fronteira?
Juvinal Dias
8. Oinsá polítika rai fó impaktu ba moris social
Ines Martins Noronha Soares
11. Filosofia uma lulik, hirarkia norma juridika basiku
Leonito Riberio
Compreender Timor-Leste 2013
12. O Parlamento Nacional e a construção do estado de Timor-Leste
José Carlos Cuerreiro Adão
13. Timor Leste no boletim agência geral das colónias de Portugal (1926-1952)
Alexandre Fernandes
14. As Nações Unidas em Timor-Leste: Construir que paz?
Maria Raquel Freire
15. O lugar da língua e da cultura na formação de professores de língua Portuguesa em Timor Leste Sidneya Magaly Gaya
16. Produção audiovisual educativa: Desafios e perspectivas dos protagonistas que atuam na TV Educação em Timor-Leste
Luis Gustavo Guimarães
17. Eleições em Timor-Leste: O papel da participação popular na construção do Estado
Carla Luís
22. Diplomacia regional: O caso da ASEAN
Eliana Silva Pereira
23. Qualificação docente e ensino de língua Portuguesa: Um quebra-cabeças timorense, com peças em verde e amarelo
Alexandre Cohn da Silveira
24. Agência, gênero e individuação: Tensões entre direito e sensibilidades jurídicas em Timor-Leste
Daniel S. Simião
25. Nacionalidade, identidade e recusa em Mar Meu, poemas e pinturas
Mariene Queiroga, Marinete Souza, João Bernardo Filho
27. CAVR Timor-Leste: Disputas entre a formação de verdades e a construção de justiças
Camila Tribess
VOLUME II – Understanding Timor-Leste 2013
1. Two journeys in Indonesian-occupied Timor-Leste, 1991 and 1997
Steven Farram
3. Timor-Leste: The political economy of a rentier state
Guteriano Nicolau Soares Neves
5. Pragmatism or preference? Examining Timorese responses to decentralization
Dr Joanne Wallis
6. Timor Leste Unions and the right to strike?
Chris White
7. History and future of tourism development in Timor-Leste
Denis Tolkach
10. Forest reliance as a livelihood strategy in Timor-Leste
Merve Hosgelen and Dr Udoy Saikia
13. The continuum of women’s activism in Timor-Leste in the context of UN peacebuilding
Sarah Smith
14. The case for developing a destination brand for Timor-Leste
Sara Currie
16. Perceptions of development in Timorese communities
Sophia Close
17. Gender and State-Building: the case for Timor-Leste
Terese Geraghty
20. Adult literacy education in Timor-Leste in recent years: from research to practice
Danielle Boon
22. Can social capital and a focus on building collection action help coffee growers overcome livelihood challenges in in Timor-Leste?
Lisa Walker
23. Promoting Timor-Leste’s local and indigenous knowledge for sustainable development
Lisa Hiwasaki
25. The challenges of providing “quality education” in Timor-Leste
Marie Quinn and Ritesh Shah
28. How long will the Petroleum Fund carry Timor-Leste?
Charles Scheiner
29. Democratic transition and the transformation of combatants in Aceh and Timor-Leste
Badrus Sholeh
33. Security across the local and national in Dili, Timor-Leste
Damian Grenfell and Bronwyn Winch
34. Australian popular fiction and the moral drama of East Timor
David Callahan
35. Civil society in transition
Janet Hunt and Ann Wigglesworth
Festschrift Panel: Celebrating the work of Helen Hill
36. “Populist Catholics”: Fretilin 1975
Clinton Fernandes
38. How Timor-Leste influenced my academic career: A response to the papers by Michael Leach and Clinton Fernandes
Helen M Hill
Mengerti Timor-Leste 2013
39. Investigasi Dan Identifikasi Kuburan Massal Korban Perang Di TImor-Leste
Mouzinho T. Correia
On-line refereed articles
42. Elections in Timor-Leste: The role of popular participation in state-building
Carla Luís
43. To’o bainhira Fundu Petrolíferu sei lori Timor-Leste?
Charles Scheiner