Today, the new Indonesian capital city, Nusantara, planning is being anticipated as "representing national identity," "a model city," or "a gift to the world," and many other extraordinary labels. This book examines the reality of an ongoing developmental transformation of the Nusantara beyond those labels. It approaches its assemblage of humans, their works (plans, documents, policies, and others), non-human objects (biodiversity, landscape, geography, physical infrastructure, buildings, and public spaces), processes, social relationships, social infrastructures, and others. It is organized into three themes-mimicry, friction, and resonance. The mimicry illustrates the similarities (and differences) between Nusantara and other capital cities in urban narratives, imageries, and forms. The friction studies how Nusantara moves actors who do not always agree, processes that do not always align or collaboration between diverse contradicting groups that intersect. The resonance observes howNusantara resonates with, yet communicates its voice toward, the world. The three concepts (originated from geography, anthropology, and sociology) frame the analytics of the various contributions of local and foreign scientists from multiple disciplines. Overall, the book recommends "Otorita Ibu Kota Nusantara" (Nusantara capital city authority) on the current experimentation and implementation of the urban vision and provides a reference for social scientists to study Nusantara. And more broadly, the book offers the current socio-spatial practices of capital city-making in Asia that are valuable for the region.

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Henny Warsilah is a Research Professor in Development Sociology (Urban-Rural) at the Center for Society and Culture Research, National Research and Innovation Agency (PMB BRIN). She graduated with her Ph.D. from Sorbonne University, Paris I, France in 1995. Her study focuses on Urban development, social transformation, resilient city, and social conflict. Her latest publications include a book chapter on the Resilience of Coastal City Facing Climate Amendment: Benoa and North Jakarta Bay Reclamation Cases (Springer Nature,2020) and an Edited Volume on Climate Change, Community Response, and Resilience titled Building Resilient Cities in Coastal Urban Areas (Elsevier, 2023).

Dr. Lilis Mulyani is Researcher at the Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). She obtained her Ph.D. from the Melbourne Law School in 2021. Her research focuses mainly on land law and agrarian studies, human rights, group rights, and legal methodology. Her Ph.D. thesis was written on legal personality of groups and land rights. Her research derives from the current Indonesia land law that has created inequality between groups of people, with powerful legal persons such as the state and the corporations dominate the land use and land control and discriminates against other groups such as the traditional customary communities.