Kelly Silva

Global flows of government practices: development technologies and their effects

This article discusses certain technologies with which government practices are diffused on a global scale and some of the effects of this process. Using Foucault as a main source of inspiration, the circulation of know-how and capital are seen as the principal means by which government practices are irradiated. By analyzing social techniques such as projects, programs, conditionalities, documents, international laws and others, I argue that these are fundamental conduits for devising and reproducing the global order. In a second moment, I approach some of the outcomes of developmental practices in processes of state building and other political dynamics among recipients and donor countries. I stress some of the political, economic and social impacts of local appropriations of development actions. Of these, I emphasize those related to capacity building and what I call the misrecognition effect. The final remarks propose an articulated perspective on government practices that are shaped by diverse strategies.

Administrando pessoas, recursos e rituais. Pedagogia econômica como tática de governo em Timor-Leste

Este artigo discute praticas de gestao de pessoas, recursos e rituais por parte de agencias de governo em Timor-Leste. Tendo por foco de analise o tara bandu realizado no distrito de Ermera, em 2012, e propagandas oficiais, entrevistas e outros documentos produzidos entre 2012 e 2015, demonstro como certa racionalidade a respeito do dispendio de bens materiais e simbolicos, orientada pelo regime de dadiva, tem se tornado objeto de governo, dando origem a uma pedagogia economica. Tal pedagogia economica intenta diminuir os investimentos materiais e simbolicos aplicados em rituais e prestacoes de alianca e transformar em mercadorias recursos originalmente manejados como dadiva. No limite, implicado nessa pedagogia economica figura um projeto de purificacao e monopolizacao das fontes de governo.