Abstract/Sumáriu:

Iha Timor-Leste iha períodu pos-konflitu, povu hetan kbiit husi relasaun família bazeia ba knua/uma lulik no relasaun espirituál no produtivu ho meiu-ambiente. Iha artigu ida-ne’e, autór sira investiga prátika uma lulik sira ba jestaun ambiente no interasaun sosiál no sira-nia importánsia ba povu nia moris di’ak. 

In post-conflict Timor-Leste, the concepts of spirit ecologies and intergenerational
wellbeing direct our attention to the ways in which Timorese people derive strength
from house-based family networks as well as protective and productive spiritual relations
with living nature. These practices of exchange resonate with a comparative
body of research that has described similar ‘spiritscapes’ elsewhere in Southeast Asia
and their relevance for social and environmental governance. Exploring the diverse
ontologies of particular Timorese ‘spirit ecologies’ and their embedding in a concept
of more-than-human ‘intergenerational wellbeing’, in this article we investigate the
renewed significance of these ‘house-based’ practices for social and environmental governance
in Timor-Leste. We argue that despite the challenges, multiple engagements of
mutually appropriated, transgenerational debt obligations and ritually regulated forms
of resource governance are emerging as cultural, and increasingly state-sanctioned,
strategies aimed at rebuilding the social and environmental commons.

Published by/publika husi:

BKI (brill.com/bki) Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en
Volkenkunde 175 (2019) 474–505