Haunting the Factory: Indonesian Modernity and the Spiritual Landscape of Central Kalimantan

This article explores enchantments accompanying industrial development and the national discourse of modernity in ecologically fragile swamp landscape Central Kalimantan, situated southern part Indonesian Borneo. Focusing on experiences Ngaju Dayak, a local indigenous group, mass-mediated narratives (national) development, we explore promises anxieties modern schemes that become their everyday lives. By bringing together discussions animate spiritual landscapes modernity, politics capacity Dayak spirits to invite, deny or resist effects infrastructure projects. We examine collaborations, dreams influenced by capitalist (Ong 2010; Taussig Tsing 2005; Bubandt 2015; Duile 2020). argue plurality exists groups must navigate between these