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Associação Brasileira de Antropologia
2008
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- Reciprocity, recognition and suffering. Political mobilizers in Independent East Timor Kelly Silva Antropología elections East Timor recognition reciprocity political culture The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the values that havebeen mobilized as a source of political legitimacy in East Timor since the restoration of independence. To do so, it uses as a principal analytical anchorthe campaign activities held in the realm of the first round of presidentialelections in the country in April 2007. They are placed in perspective througha comparison with other moments of political conflict. By means of ethno-graphic observation of electoral phenomenon – rallies, radio and televisionprograms and journalistic coverage – I seek to identify some of the moral andsociological principles on which modern political authority is claimed in thecountry by the different groups of its elites. Among other things, I highlightthe centrality of the veterans of the Falintil in this field. This fact, associatedto the discussion of the public performances of the various candidates dur-ing the campaign, is seen as an indicator of the importance that ideas andvalues such as suffering, recognition and reciprocity occupy in the repertoireof contemporary East Timorese political culture. I also present a hypothesisabout the mechanisms through which the capilarization of modern institu-tions such as political parties and the Nation State, have taken place in thecountry: by means of alliances between the cosmopolitan urban elites and lo-cal authorities, mediated by veterans of the resistance. 2008 artículo científico 1809-4341 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=406941906007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4069 VIBRANT - Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology application/pdf Associação Brasileira de Antropologia VIBRANT - Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.5