What do ghosts think?

Original title 漫步寻鬼路

This is a rhapsody about ghost stories. Indonesia is moving its new capital from Jakarta to Nusantara (also known as IKN), a brand-new city near the forests in Borneo. A Chinese-born anthropology student investigates supernatural stories within various communities around the construction site. She encounters local ancestors, the president’s spirit, and the unexpected ghosts herself. Who are the spectres haunting the construction? What do the “ghosts” think? Through her letters to her mother, the researcher seeks answers about the tensions between the local people and the national project, the calculations between a good life and development, the bonding of the living and the dead.

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Author/s Yuefei You

Born and raised in a small town of Southern China, Yuefei You holds a MA in visual anthropology from the University of Amsterdam (cum laude). Her camera explores how human emotions and imagination are entangled with their environs, both the societies within humanity and those more-than-human.

Research Mei Christy Sengoq, Ananda Nabilah, Dayah Ayu Pramesti, Muhammad Amin, Jack Sparrow, Niken Dwi Sitoningrum, Widy
Photography Yuefei You
Sound Yuefei You
Editing Yuefei You