" What might it mean to take the dead seriously as political actors?" asks Lia Kent in this
exciting new contribution to critical human rights scholarship. In Timor-Leste, a new nation …

One of the most amazing conceptual revolutions in contemporary academic discourse has
been the rise of the concept of the Anthropocene, the notion that humans now fundamentally …

This book presents a rich ethnography of post-conflict social and economic recovery in East
Timor following the end of Indonesian military occupation of the territory in 1999. It offers a …

One of the hybrid turn's key contributions to debate in the fields of peacebuilding, state
formation and international development is its approach to difference in post-colonial states …

Cultural Responses to Occupation in Japan examines how the performing arts, and the
performing body specifically, have shaped and been shaped by the political and historical …

By adopting a spatial approach to analysis, this article examines the significance of death in
Timor-Leste and its relationship to security and peace. The main argument is that a person's …

Indigenous Spirits and Global Aspirations in a Southeast Asian Borderland Page 1 Indigenous
Spirits and Global Aspirations in a Southeast Asian Borderland Michael Rose Timor-Leste’s …

This article analyzes the key role of graves and reburials (ie, the relocation of a grave to a
new site, or its refurbishment) in making ancestors present in the lives of the Fataluku …

Patterns of memorialisation in Timor-Leste have been shaped by political trajectories and
priorities that are bound up with state-formation since the end of the Indonesian occupation …

The social and political turmoil across 2006 to 2008, commonly known as the 'crisis',
reverberated through Dili and Timor-Leste, resulting in many deaths and injury, widespread …