[TimorLesteStudies] ANU SSGM Seminar: Maj Nygaard-Christensen - The suffering diplomat: imagining worldly-wise leadership in Timor Leste

[Bu Wilson]

State, Society and Governance in Melanesia



Presents


Maj Nygaard-Christensen

 


Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University in Denmark

The suffering diplomat: imagining worldly-wise leadership in Timor Leste







Date:  Thursday 27 March 2008 , 11.00pm - 12.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room B, Coombs Building, ANU



Abstract: This seminar will examine the presidential campaign of Jose
Ramos-Horta which took place between March and May 2007.  This discussion
will illustrate how international and educational knowledge has come to be
perceived locally as sources of potency in leadership representations.  The
emphasis on 'international know-how' prevalent in local debates on power and
authority occurred during a time when international commentaries on Timor
Leste increasingly described the country as a failed state.  The seminar
will therefore further discuss what impact international opinion has had on
local understandings of power and leadership.  



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Maj Nygaard-Christensenis is a PhD student from the Department of
Anthropology at Aarhus University in Denmark, visiting RSPAS until the end
of May 2008.  Her fieldwork was conducted in Timor Leste between February
and December 2007, during the time of the presidential and parliamentary
elections.  The PhD focuses on the shaping of ideals about political
leadership and power. 

[maj.nygaard-christensen at anu.edu.au]



ALL WELCOME



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Jean Hardy
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State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
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AUSTRALIA
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