Moris loroloron no feto Timoroan nia rezisténsia iha kolonializmu no okupasaun okos | Everyday Lives and Resistance of East Timorese Women under Colonialism and Occupation

Rogério Sávio Centro Nacional Chega! (CNC), TIMOR-LESTE

Relatu husi istória nasionál nian kona-ba povu timoroan nia luta hasoru domíniu koloniál durante durasaun naruk husi kolonializmu portugés (1769-1975) no okupasaun indonézia (1975-1999) sei domina ho eroi mane nia narrativa ne'ebé envolve iha rezisténsia armada ka iha rede klandestina sira, ho de’it exesaun uitoan. Aleinde ne’e, istória husi moris loroloron iha domíniu koloniál no okupasaun nia okos ladún sai objetu ba peskiza, partikularmente kona-ba vida no feto nia papél iha períodu ne'e, no análiza sira sobre oinsá impaktu husi kolonializmu iha feto nia moris loroloron.
Artigu ida-ne'e ezamina rezultadu husi istória orál ne'ebé konsege rejistra feto nia moris loroloron iha área rurál no iha kapitál durante períodu ikus husi kolonializmu portugés (1950-1975) no okupasaun indonézia (1975-1999), iha munisípiu hotu iha Timor-Leste. Projetu peskiza ne'e nian realiza husi ekipa peskizadór sira iha Comissão de Pesquisa e Elaboração da História da Luta da Mulher Timor (CPEHLMT) no Organização Popular da Mulher Timor (OPMT) ne'ebé iha objetivu 'dokumenta feto sira-nia esperiénsia ne'ebé moris iha okupasaun indonézia no rezulta entrevista besik ema na'in 800'.
Istória sira ne'ebé feto sira haktuir la'ós identifika an ba 'asaun eroíka sira', ho sentidu ne'ebé atribui ba Timor-Leste komtemporáneu. Peskiza hatudu feto husi klase sosiál no okupasaun hotu envolve iha papél esensiál sira ne'ebé sustenta vida sósiu-ekonómika ba sira-nia família no komunidade, hahú husi tempu koloniál portugés to'o independénsia.

The national historical account of the East Timorese people struggling against colonial rule during the long duration of Portuguese colonialism (1769-1975) and Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) has been dominated by the narrative of male heroes engaged in armed resistance or in clandestine networks, with only a few exceptions. Moreover, the history of everyday life under colonial rule and occupation has been object of scant research, in particular women’s lives and roles in these periods, and of analysis on how the colonialism had an impact in women's daily lives.
This paper examines the results of an oral history research project which managed to record women's daily lives in rural areas and in the capital during the periods of Portuguese late-colonialism (1950-1975) and Indonesian occupation (1975-1999) in the districts of Bobonaro, Dili, Ermera, Lospalos and Suai. This was a research project carried out by a team of Timor-Leste’s based researchers from the Commission of Research and History Production of the Timorese Women (CPEHMT) and the Popular Organisation of the Timorese Women (OPMT) which aimed at ‘documenting the experience of women who lived through the Indonesian occupation and resulted in interviewing nearly 800 people’.
The histories told by these women do not carry the self-identification of ‘heroic actions’ in the sense that is attributed in contemporary Timor-Leste. The research shows that women from all social classes and occupations were engaged in essential roles which sustained their families and their communities’ social-economic life, extending from Portuguese colonial times through to independence.