Por uma pedagogia buibere: atuação política e diplomática das mulheres de Timor-Leste

Abstract

This research has two main objectives. The first one is to record, in academic language, stories known to many people in East Timor - and to those interested in the country's politics - but which are often made invisible and forgotten in official records. The second objective is to carry out a case study that analyzes women's political activity, understanding it as complex, intentional, articulated and collective. From a decolonial and feminist theoretical perspective, I analyze and record what a group of women did for the Timorese cause and, from a sociological perspective, I expose this action based on elements that characterize decolonial and feminist pedagogies, understanding these pedagogies as a struggle movement and constant and collective learning towards a common political objective. This doctoral thesis initially addresses the political and intellectual formation of a group of women who played a fundamental role during the years of struggle for East Timor´s independence. Based on this education, I present how these women acted in different areas - educational, cultural, party-political and diplomatic - mobilizing networks, knowledge and multiplying learning around the ideals of national liberation, which they propagated as a right of Timorese people, especially of Timorese women. As a result of the research, I present this process, in dialogue with a central concept in the political history of East Timor, calling it “Buibere pedagogy”, which is a form of political engagement that is linked to constant learning. This praxis between learning and political struggle multiplied the knowledge acquired by them through debates, campaigns, confrontations, collective construction and survival strategies and political and diplomatic mobilization that these women carried out over the 24 years of struggle for Timor-Leste's independence. Furthermore, the recording of these forms of political action contributes to the valorization of women's life stories and the inclusion of other dimensions of official national history, intentionally acting against the erasure and invisibility of women's place in politics.

Investigasaun ida ne'e iha objetivu prinsipál rua. Primeiru objetivu ne'e atu halo dokumentasaun língua akadémika, istoria ne'ebé hatudu barak liu iha Timor-Leste no ba sira ne'ebé iha interese inda iha politika rejiaun no mundu, maibé ne'ebé beibeik mak halakon no haksoit iha rejistu ofisiál. Segundu objetivu mak atu halo estudu kazu ne'ebé analiza atividade polítika feto sira nian, kompriendu nia hanesan kompleksu, intensional, artikuladu no koletivu. Husi perspetiva teóriku dekolonial no feminista, ha'u analiza no halo rekordu kona-ba saida mak grupu feto sira halo ba kauza Timor no husi perspetiva sosiológiku, ha'u expose ba asaun ida-ne'e bazeia ho elementus ne'ebé karakteriza pedagogia dekolonial ho feminista, kompriendu pedagogia ne'e hanesan movimentu luta no matenek nafatin no kolektivu atu hetan objetivu polítiku komun. Teze lolon ida-ne'e iha tinan foun hodi aborda formasaun polítiku no intelektual grupu feto sira ne'ebé hetan knaar fundamental iha tinan luta ba independénsia Timor-Leste nian. Bazeia ho edukasaum ne'e, ha'u apresenta kona-ba nia ferik asaun feto sira ne'ebe hahalok iha dimensaun balun, inklui área edukasaun, kulturál, partidu-polítika no diplomátiku, hodi mobiliza rede sira, matenek no multiplika aprendizajen iha leten ideais libertasaun nasional ne'ebe sira propaga hanesan loos ba povu Timor, espesialmente ba feto Timor. Enkuantu rezultadu hosi peskiza ne'e, ha'u apresenta prosesu ne'e atu kria diálogu ho konseitu sentral iha istória polítika Timór-Leste, no aprezenta hanesan "Pedagojia Buibere", ne'e hanesan prátika di'ak hosi aprendizajen no luta polítika ne'ebe ligadu ba matenek beibeik. Prátika ne'e aumenta matenek ne'ebé sira adkire ho hasoru laiha, kampania, konstrusaun kolektiva no estratéjia sobrevivénsia no mobilizasaun polítika no diplomátiku ne'ebe feto sira halo iha loron 24 ba luta ne’ebé asiste ba independénsia Timor-Leste. Saída feto sira halo ho ne'e ajuda valorizasaun hosi istória vida feto sira no inkluzaun hosi dimensaun seluk istória ofisial nasional atu hatudu intensaun no hakerek istória hosi fatin feto sira iha polítika.