@article{fdi:010074150,
  title = {{O}il and custom : impacts of the {T}asi {M}ane oil project on local communities in {S}uai, {T}imor-{L}este},
  author = {{C}respi, {B}. and {G}uillaud, {D}ominique},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his article examines the impact of the {T}asi {M}ane oil infrastructure project, launched in 2011 by the national company {T}imor {G}ap, for implementation in local communities in the {C}ovalima district. {W}e 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. {H}ighlighting 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. {H}owever, the rapid process of modernisation does not simply diminish some customary practices; instead, ritual practices are creatively adapted to respond to the changing situation. {I}n 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.},
  keywords = {{O}il and {G}as ; {D}evelopment ; {P}ublic {P}olicy ; {C}ustomary {P}ractices ; {L}and ; {C}onflict and {C}ompensation ; {O}wnership {R}egimes ; {S}acred {P}laces ; {TIMOR} {ORIENTAL} ; {SUAI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}sia {P}acific {J}ournal of {A}nthropology},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {432--449},
  ISSN = {1444-2213},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1080/14442213.2018.1514066},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074150},
}