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Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) AISSR

M. (Manggala) Ismanto MA

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas
Area of expertise: Anthropology of Infrastructure, Anthropology of Future, Urban Anthropology
Photographer: Hellatsani WR
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15509
    1001 NA Amsterdam
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    Manggala Ismanto is a PhD candidate in the Moving Matters program group within the Anthropology Department at AISSR. He is also affiliated with the Department of Anthropology at Brawijaya University, Indonesia, as a junior lecturer. His research focuses on the future-making processes in the formation of Indonesia's new capital city. By combining insights from the anthropology of the future, urban anthropology, and the anthropology of infrastructure, he examines how various actors shape and navigate the rapid spatial and social changes in the new urban landscape. Through his work, he highlights how social agents develop strategies and tactics to adapt to the new planned environment by focusing on the entanglement of social practices from the past, present, and future. 

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  • Research

    Research methods

    • Ethnography

    Current research projects

    • Navigating Uncertainty : The Future of Nusantara, Hope and Fear around  Indonesia’s New Capital City

    Research grants & honours

    • Indonesian Endownment Fund (LPDP)
  • Publications

    2022

    • Ismanto, M. (2022). From One Project to Another: Unintended Consequences and People’s Expectations of Climate Mitigation Project in Central Kalimantan. Humaniora , 34(2), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.22146/jh.74537

    2019

    • Ismanto, M., Martias, I., Sutowo, R., & Noviar, R. (2019). Reconstructing and re-defining the space: Living in between the slum and the tourist destination. Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik, 32(No.3 (2019)). https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/MKP/article/view/12790

    2020

    • Ismanto, M., Siti, Z., Azmi, A., & Hindarto, S. (2020). Who Will Own This Site? Managing Resources and Expectations on the Historical Site of Sekaran. In D. P. A. Dhira Pradati (Ed.), Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities (Vol. 04 ). https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/360
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