Crespi B., Guillaud Dominique. (2018). Oil and custom : impacts of the Tasi Mane oil project on local communities in Suai, Timor-Leste. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 19 (5), p. 432-449. ISSN 1444-2213.
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Oil and custom : impacts of the Tasi Mane oil project on local communities in Suai, Timor-Leste
Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 2018,
19 (5), p. 432-449 ISSN 1444-2213
This article examines the impact of the Tasi Mane oil infrastructure project, launched in 2011 by the national company Timor Gap, for implementation in local communities in the Covalima district. We focus on how the processes of land expropriation for infrastructure development and of financial compensation offered to the inhabitants has affected people's relationship with their land and existing customary practices. Highlighting the difficulties of moving from a communal to an individual ownership regime, the prospect of compensation and the redistribution of land has exacerbated existing land conflicts and generated new identity strategies. However, the rapid process of modernisation does not simply diminish some customary practices; instead, ritual practices are creatively adapted to respond to the changing situation. In the face of rapid social and land use changes, the rituals gaining prominence are those that reinforce relations with the ancestors and connections with particular sacred sites.
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Economie : secteurs d'activité [096]
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Société, développement social [106]
