Who Burned Down Our House This Time?: Ethnography & Conflict in Timor Leste

The Timorese Ministry of Labor estimated that over 175,000 people (out of a total population of roughly one million) resided in camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in May, 2007. These camps, which sprung up in the immediate aftermath of political violence in May of 2006, provide shelter, food, and security to children, women, and men in every district of this small country. Hundreds of Timorese, and a handful of foreigners, have been killed. Thousands of homes have been burned to the ground. Victims of rocks, Molotov cocktails, spears, and traditional poisoned arrows appear regularly in the national hospital in the capital city, Dili. Families, friends, and neighbors have been torn apart in a cycle of violence, house burning, score settling, and revenge. Whole sections of the country, as well as specific neighborhoods in Dili, are "no-go zones" for people from specific regions.

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Tierra quemada by Óscar Collazos as an Allegory of Displacement in Colombia

Catedral Tomada Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana ◽

10.5195/ct/2020.487 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (15) ◽

pp. 1-34

Author(s):

Reindert Dhondt

Keyword(s):

Armed Conflict ◽

Cycle Of Violence ◽

Internally Displaced Persons ◽

The Novel ◽

Displaced Persons ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Low Intensity ◽

Forms Of Violence ◽

The Impact

Through the portrayal of never-ending march of a caravan of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the novel Tierra quemada (2013) by the Colombian author Óscar Collazos explores the interrelation between different forms of violence and their devastating impact on the peripheric outposts of Colombia. This article proposes an allegorical reading of the novel by examining how it represents the difficulty to break the cycle of violence and the impact of a low-intensity conflict on the IDPs, without presenting a voyeuristic perspective of the violence nor a Manichean vision of the armed conflict.

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The State of Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Nigeria: A Case Study of Durumi Camp in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria

TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH ◽

10.21522/tijar.2014.08.04.art006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 49-56

Author(s):

Askederin, F M

Keyword(s):

Relevant Information ◽

Capital City ◽

Health Clinic ◽

Internally Displaced Persons ◽

Care Provision ◽

Displaced Persons ◽

Running Water ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

Leadership Structure

This Investigation was conducted among a small group of IDP population living at the heart of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, which is the capital city of Nigeria. The study was conducted to determine the living conditions of Internally Displaced Persons in the Camp and their access to basic amenities as action research. It was conducted through an unstructured interview of the sampled population in the Camp to source relevant information. Data was collected by taking notes and recording of interview sessions. Results revealed that 2830 individuals live in the camp, mostly in family units. IDPs in the camp come from the Northeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria in the states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, with the majority of them from Borno state. They were all displaced as a result of insurgency. This IDP camp is organized with a leadership structure and defined system for the management of amenities such as the health clinic, water supply, allocation of shelter, and sharing of donated items received from philanthropists, the private sector, and other well-wishers. The camp has running water, a clinic for basic health care provision, a borehole, toilet facilities, a store for foodstuff and a security post within 500 metres to 1 kilometre of the Camp.

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Movement of the people: Violence and internal displacement

International Area Studies Review ◽

10.1177/2233865920925247 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 233-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diego Esparza ◽

Jessica Lucas ◽

Enrique Martinez ◽

James Meernik ◽

Ignacio Molinero ◽

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Keyword(s):

Political Violence ◽

Negative Binomial ◽

Internal Displacement ◽

Internally Displaced Persons ◽

Displaced Persons ◽

Precipitating Factors ◽

Internally Displaced ◽

The People ◽

Internally Displaced Person ◽

Subnational Analysis

Individuals internally displaced by conflict are a prominent feature of wars, political violence and other forms of repression. We suggest that a subnational analysis of internally displaced person (IDP) generation can help us determine the extent to which more specific flight-precipitating factors can account for individuals’ behaviors. In particular, we are interested in how different conflict actors and the interactions of these actors affect the production of internally displaced persons. We suggest that some types of conflict actors are more likely to be responsible for greater numbers of internally displaced persons because of their political strategies. We focus on one of the most complex and yet data-rich environments in which the problem of internal displacement has been profound—Colombia. Using extensive data on internally displaced persons in Colombia among its over 1100 municipalities, we examine our expectations using negative binomial analyses to better understand the dynamics of conflict actors, the violence they perpetrate and internal displacement. We find that the identity of the conflict actor does make a difference in producing more internally displaced persons and that conflict between certain conflict actors is especially likely to produce more displaced persons.

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