A Contingent Agency: Gembel and the Print-Making Project

Timor-Leste’s Independence has offered a new site of expression for “resilient” power relations established during the clandestine movement. However, within this new site, there have been fractures and splinters as Timorese try to stake a claim on power and belonging. Young Timorese involved in the...

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Autor principal: Bexley, Angie
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Cadernos de Arte e Antropologia 2015
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Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:Timor-Leste’s Independence has offered a new site of expression for “resilient” power relations established during the clandestine movement. However, within this new site, there have been fractures and splinters as Timorese try to stake a claim on power and belonging. Young Timorese involved in the Gembel art collective have managed to forge a new habitus – a space in which they can exercise a degree of agency to reclaim their youth identity through taking part in a cross-cultural art project.