Crossing Histories and Ethnographies

Ricardo Roque is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of History at the University of Sydney. He works on the history and anthropology of human sciences, colonialism, and cross-cultural contact in the Portuguese-speaking world. He has published extensively on the colonial history of Timor-Leste.

“Penned by anthropologists and historians alike, this collection of essays showcases the mutual enrichment of field and archival research for the understanding of colonial dynamics…The volume opens up some interesting ways to push the dialogue further and as such it is warmly recommended.” • Social Anthropology“Crossing Histories and Ethnographies is a fascinating read for those looking for inspiration on how to apply an interdisciplinary approach in their historical or anthropological research. The book is primarily intended for Timor-Leste experts, who will enjoy the fresh empirical material and original perspectives on the country’s past and present.” • Internation Network for Theory of History“This is an important book, a valuable book, and in many ways, a path-setting book that brings together an impressive group of contemporary social analysts -- from both a historical and anthropological perspective – in a focused consideration of Timor-Leste.” • James J. Fox, The Australian National University“The volume offers a strong and interesting set of studies; it is coherent and of value to the ethnography and anthropology of eastern Indonesia specifically and southeast Asian and Oceanic anthropology in general. The introduction offers an excellent overview of the historical turn in anthropology… The dialogue of practice and method gives the book wider interest for all those concerned with historical anthropology, irrespective of the region in which they work.”• Nicholas Thomas, Director, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Crossing Histories and EthnographiesRicardo Roque and Elizabeth G. TraubePART I: FOLLOWING STORIESChapter 1. Outside In: Mambai Expectations of Returning OutsidersElizabeth G. TraubeChapter 2. The Enigmas of Timorese History and Manipulations of Mythical Narratives by Local Societies: The Example of Bunaq-Language PopulationsClaudine FriedbergChapter 3. The Death of Arbiru: Colonial Mythic Praxis and the Apotheosis of Officer DuarteRicardo RoqueChapter 4. Pacification and Rebellion in the Highlands of Portuguese TimorJudith BovensiepenPART II: FOLLOWING OBJECTSChapter 5. Catholic Luliks or Timorese Relics? Missionary Anthropology, Destruction and Self-Destruction (ca. 1910–1974)Frederico Delgado RosaChapter 6. Funerary Posts and Christian Crosses: Fataluku Cohabitations with Catholic Missionaries after World War IISusana de Matos Viegas and Rui Graça FeijóChapter 7. The Stones of Afaloicai: Colonial Archaeology and the Authority of Ancient ObjectsRicardo Roque and Lúcio SousaPART III: FOLLOWING CULTURES THROUGH ARCHIVESChapter 8. Contesting Colonialisms, Contesting Stories: Early Intrusion in East Timor through Portuguese and Dutch EyesHans HägerdalChapter 9. Reading against the Grain: Ethnography, Commercial Agriculture, and the Colonial Archive of East TimorAndrew McWilliam and Chris J. ShepherdChapter 10. Archival Records and Ethnographic Inquiries in ViquequeDavid HicksChapter 11. The Barlake War: Marriage Exchanges, Colonial Fantasies, and the Production of East Timorese People in 1970s DiliKelly SilvaAfterword: Glimpses of an Ethnohistory of TimorJames J. FoxIndex