Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community

This article explores the interconnections among origin narratives, migration patterns and ritual authority in a Timor-Leste community. By recognising the dimension of rituals as sources of power, we analyse the different ways social actors negotiate their position in social space by either supporti...

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Autores: Alonso Población, Enrique, Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Narrative capital
Ritual authority
Politics of ritual
Timor-Leste
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spelling Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste CommunityAlonso Población, EnriqueFidalgo Castro, AlbertoNarrative capitalRitual authorityPolitics of ritualTimor-LestePrecedenceAntropología (Sociología)51 AntropologíaThis article explores the interconnections among origin narratives, migration patterns and ritual authority in a Timor-Leste community. By recognising the dimension of rituals as sources of power, we analyse the different ways social actors negotiate their position in social space by either supporting or contesting the legitimacy of the ritual leaders. We suggest how, in a context with historical levels of high migration and immersed in rapid social change, precedence is not only challenged by modern ideals around individual rights and choices, but by the re-interpretation of mythical narratives and the access to ritual performance. The paper provides a discussion of the notion of narrative capital and shows how subordinated classes resulting from development policies from past state regimes articulate new forms of social mobility in the contemporary context of rural Timor-Leste.Taylor & FrancisUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20142014-01-0120142014-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34575reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/345752026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
title Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
spellingShingle Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
Alonso Población, Enrique
Narrative capital
Ritual authority
Politics of ritual
Timor-Leste
Precedence
Antropología (Sociología)
51 Antropología
title_short Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
title_full Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
title_fullStr Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
title_full_unstemmed Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
title_sort Webs of Legitimacy and Discredit: Narrative Capital and Politics of Ritual in a Timor-Leste Community
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alonso Población, Enrique
Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
author Alonso Población, Enrique
author_facet Alonso Población, Enrique
Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
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author2 Fidalgo Castro, Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Narrative capital
Ritual authority
Politics of ritual
Timor-Leste
Precedence
Antropología (Sociología)
51 Antropología
topic Narrative capital
Ritual authority
Politics of ritual
Timor-Leste
Precedence
Antropología (Sociología)
51 Antropología
description This article explores the interconnections among origin narratives, migration patterns and ritual authority in a Timor-Leste community. By recognising the dimension of rituals as sources of power, we analyse the different ways social actors negotiate their position in social space by either supporting or contesting the legitimacy of the ritual leaders. We suggest how, in a context with historical levels of high migration and immersed in rapid social change, precedence is not only challenged by modern ideals around individual rights and choices, but by the re-interpretation of mythical narratives and the access to ritual performance. The paper provides a discussion of the notion of narrative capital and shows how subordinated classes resulting from development policies from past state regimes articulate new forms of social mobility in the contemporary context of rural Timor-Leste.
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