CRIA

From intangibility to circularity: creating and using tais in Lautém, Timor Leste

public.project.responsible_investigator_cria: Carolina Granado Pinto

public.project.research_group: Practices and Politics of Culture

public.project.keyword

Textiles | Nature/culture | Timor Leste | Intangible cultural heritage

public.project.institution_funder

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)

public.project.state

public.project.open

public.project.start_date

01-03-2018

public.project.reference

PD/BD/137662/2018

public.project.abstract

The aim of this project is to analyse the processes of creation and use of tais (hand woven fabric), in the district of Lautém, Timor Leste. Taking into account a dialogical model, the circularity of tais is investigated from two axes: social/affective and environmental/regenerative. Through an ethnographic approach, the research aims to produce a reflection on circular processes that influence the creation and use of tais, as well as broadening and intersecting critical studies of heritage with issues of our times.