'La iha fiar, la iha seguransa': the spiritual landscape and feeling secure in Timor-Leste. Issue 2 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Winch, Bronwyn
• Is Part Of: Third world thematics. Volume 2:Issue 2/3(2017)
• Page Start: 197
• Page End: 210
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: Conflict and security -- culture -- global south -- Oceania -- decolonisation and colonisation; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Globalization -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2017.1320200
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-9978

Abstract

Abstract: While the spiritual landscape in Timor-Leste has been widely acknowledged and documented, its security dimensions remain relatively unexplored and under-theorised. This article argues that there are many different dimensions of security, and that a more holistic acknowledgement of the beliefs and practices which constitute a prominent basis for the ways that people engage with and understand the world is required. Building on qualitative fieldwork conducted in 2016, this article examines how, in Timor-Leste, engagement with the spiritual landscape informs to a significant extent how people experience, understand and produce security, in ways that state-based security provision often cannot.