stories & links
On this page you’ll find stories and resources about etwa, the communities we work to support and articles and writings that inform our work. There’s also documents about the history of Timor-Leste and a range of alternative development resources. The sub-pages give insight into our weaving tours and include beautiful images by Sally Gray and others.
Alternative Economics Resources:
Dialogue is properly a gift relationship as well. When we speak together in a dialogue, we are speaking in a way that seeks to contribute one to the other. – William Isaacs, Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together
Sustaining Cultural Vitality: an inspiring article about social systems that protect and sustain culture in the face of excessive tourism.
Affinity as Social Capital: its Role in Development – One form of social capital is a relationship of affinity and regard among people. The capital metaphor can be useful in identifying processes of investment and disinvestment. Caring can be an economic asset that complements and substitutes for other assets.
Economics of the Gift: an economist’s view of how gift economies survive in market economies.
East Timor Resources:
NEW WEBSITE FOR TREKKING ENTHUSIASTS!
www.trekkingeasttimor.org is a “not for profit” initiative to supply information about Timor-Leste, and encourage walkers and cyclists to visit and explore this beautiful friendly country.
Imagining East Timor: Benedict Anderson
Fataluku Forest Tenures and the Conis Santana National Park in East Timor by Andrew McWilliam: explores Fataluku customary tenures and cultural land management practices in the context of emergent land administration policy in East Timor.
Housing the Nation by Elizabeth Traube: a cultural perspective on East Timor; as James Fox observes, “Timor is not one place but many.” The very complexity of its traditions, Fox continues, has led to various attempts to simplify Timor’s diversity.
Reconciling Justice Report by Tanja Hohe: assesses the present strength, influence and nature of local legal systems in East Timor, and how they interplay with the official justice that was set up under the UN operation.
The Customary Use and Management of Natural Resources in Timor Leste: A discussion paper prepared for a regional workshop on “Land Policy Administration for pro-Poor Rural Growth,” Dili, December 2003
East Timor; Theology of Death: Massacres, Memorials; Rites and Reconciliation by Claire Rawnsley
www.trekkingeasttimor.org is a “not for profit” initiative to supply information about TimorLeste,
and encourage walkers and cyclists to visit and explore this beautiful friendly country.