[Easttimorstudies] Three recent academic articles of interest

[Jennifer Drysdale]

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Lancet. 2006 Apr 15;367(9518):1222-4.
Do truth commissions heal? The East Timor experience.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22Silove+D%22%5BAuthor%5D>Silove 
D, 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22Zwi+AB%22%5BAuthor%5D>Zwi 
AB, 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22le+Touze+D%22%5BAuthor%5D>le 
Touze D.
Psychiatry Research and Teaching Unit, Mental 
Health Centre, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 
2170, Australia. d.silove at unsw.edu.au



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‘Died in the Service of Portugal’: Legitimacy of 
Authority and Dynamics of Group Identity among the Atsabe Kemak in East Timor

Andrea K. Molnar a1
a1 The Department of Anthropology at Northern 
Illinois University. She may be contacted at: 
<mailto:akmolnar at niu.edu>akmolnar at niu.edu

Abstract

The paper examines the metaphors and dynamics of 
Atsabe Kemak group identity construction, with a 
strong emphasis on local cultural ‘remembering’ 
of Atsabe history vis-à-vis relations of power. 
The analysis utilizes the analytical frameworks 
of Foucault's notion of discourse and Bourdieu's 
concept of habitus. The secondary burial of a 
former chieftain highlights the dynamics of 
Atsabe Kemak responses to new nation-building 
processes and to international influences that 
have appeared during the United Nations' transitional administration.

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Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2006 
Jan;37(1):22-5. 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Display&dopt=pubmed_pubmed&from_uid=16771208&tool=ExternalSearch>Related 
Articles, Links

Use of Brugia Rapid dipstick and ICT test to map 
distribution of lymphatic filariasis in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22Melrose+W%22%5BAuthor%5D>Melrose 
W, 
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22Rahmah+N%22%5BAuthor%5D>Rahmah 
N.
Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, School of 
Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook 
University, Townsville, Australia. wayne.melrose at jcu.edu.au
The newly-introduced Brugia Rapid dipstick for 
filarial antibodies and ICT filarial antigen card 
test were used to confirm historical data on the 
distribution of lymphatic filariasis in the 
Republic of Timor-Leste. Twelve out of thirteen 
districts were confirmed as being endemic. 
Brugian filariasis predominates, with an average 
prevalence of 11.6%. The average prevalence of 
Bancroftian filariasis was 1.1%. The study 
demonstrated that the Brugia Rapid test can 
provide useful information about the distribution 
of Brugian filariasis in circumstances where it 
is difficult or impossible to obtain night blood samples for microfilariae.


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