Building on Borrowed TimeA timely ethnography of how Indonesias coastal dwellers inhabit the chronic present of a slow motion natural disaster Ice caps are melting, seas are rising, and densely populated cities worldwide are threatened by floodwaters, especially in Southeast Asia. Building on Borrowed Time is a timely and powerful ethnography of how people in Semarang, Indonesia, on the north coast of Java, are dealing with this global warmingdriven existential challenge. In