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Communal Conflict in Viqueque and the ‘Charged’ History of '59

2007; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/14442210601177977

1740-9314

Janet Gunter,

Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

This paper seeks to demystify the failed uprising against the colonial administration in 1959 in remote south-eastern Portuguese Timor, an event which later was ably used as propaganda by Indonesian revisionist historians and pro-integration Timorese during the Indonesian occupation. Providing a historical context for the rebellion and a narrative of events based on archival sources and interviews with local informants, the paper shows how to this day memories of the rebellion are linked to ongoing rivalries in Viqueque District and Uatolari subdistrict in particular.