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display: inline !important; float: none; ">SILVA, Kelly and
SIMIAO, Daniel. Coping with "traditions": the analysis of
East-Timorese nation building from the perspective of a certain
anthropology made in Brazil.</span><i style="color: rgb(153, 0,
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2012, vol.9, n.1, pp. 360-381. ISSN 1809-4341.
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255); ">The purpose of this essay is twofold. First, we explore
the extent to which certain practices in urban East Timor
perceived as traditional may be associated to different ways of
negotiating individual and collective identities while uncovering
dilemmas of nation building and state formation. To this effect,
we take into account specific variations of current practices in
marriage negotiations in Dili, considering their structural role
in forging local sociality. Based on repeated field trips, we
contend that different discourses about "tradition" can be related
to different ways in which one is positioned vis-à-vis the
multiple symbolic elements available in current East-Timorese
public spaces. As these different meanings of "tradition" also
challenge public policies, their application may uncover different
ideas about what a nation ought to be. Second, we ponder on the
extent to which our specific focus is due to our background as
Brazilian anthropologists, built around our dialogue with certain
anthropological lines of analysis in Brazil, particularly those
related to interethnic friction and the place of indigenous
peoples in the national imagination, as well as those dedicated to
such themes as cultural diversity, citizenship, and public
policies in urban Brazil.</p>
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255); "><strong>Keywords :<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>East
Timor; customary practices; nation building; anthropology; Brazil.</p>
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