Abidin kusno biography of christopher

Abidin Kusno has authored a new book titled Jakarta: City of a Thousand Dimensions(National University of Singapore Press, 2023). A megacity of 30 million under threat from rising sea levels and temperatures, Jakarta and its resilient residents improvise and thrive. The book teases out some of the dimensions that have given shape to contemporary Jakarta, including the city’s expanded flexibility in accommodating capital and labor, and the consistent lack of planning that can be understood as a result of both politics and the poetics of governing in the region.

He talked with summer EUC Research Assistant Igor Lutay on the forces that shaped Jakarta into the city it is today.

Q: What inspired you to write this book on Jakarta?

A: For the student of postcolonial urban theory, the megacity such as Jakarta and its surrounding areas is an interesting place for study and reflection.

Jakarta and its resilient residents have been endu