Otherwise Magazine

OUR NEW ISSUE IS OUT! Amoxtli is OUT! In this issue, we encounter the Amoxtli Tezcatlipoca – the Book of the Smoking Mirror – a Mesoamerican sacred manuscript, through the stories and poems of its cultural inheritors otherwisemag.com/amoxtli

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT In Tokatl iwan Amoxtli Erika Rionda tells the story of Grandmother Spider, who weaves knowledge through heart and community, reminding us that what is protected must never be locked away otherwisemag.com/in-tokatl-iwan…

Our own Emily Kennedy at The Centre for Anthropology and Journalism invites anthropologists on February 25 to a collaborative brainstorming session: How anthropology can help journalists compensate sources ethically. Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/can-anthropo…

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT How the world actually works In this story, Dilshanie Perera learns about land and loss in Bangladesh’s delta region. otherwisemag.com/how-the-world-…

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT!! The light between strangers In this poem, Fiona Murphy explores the contours of a new vocabulary from the internet age. otherwisemag.com/the-light-betw…

ISSUE III TRICKSTER Thirdshelf is accepting submissions for Issue Three until January 14th. Call for submissions on our website!

To know more about the author, check out with Otherwise fiction and non-fiction editor Rosa Sansone: otherwisemag.com/meet-the-autho…

Meet the author: Sandra W Rodríguez Castañeda An interview with Otherwise visual and sound editor José Sherwood Gonzalez otherwisemag.com/meet-the-autho…

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT Do you remember that girl? In this story, Sandra W Rodríguez Castañeda searches Peru for a girl whose death she heard about years earlier otherwisemag.com/do-you-remembe…

Meet the author: Fulya Pınar an interview conducted by Otherwise poetry editor Grace H Zhou otherwisemag.com/meet-the-autho…

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT! the line starts here, but it moves In this story, Fulya Pınar follows the mundane routines of migrant life in Turkey. otherwisemag.com/the-line-start…

CONTOURS IS OUT! Contours trace lines of connection and imagination, where boundaries push up against open space. Contours was edited by @gracehzhou Illustrations by Fulya Pınar otherwisemag.com/contours

We are thrilled to share this immersive "ethno-graphic" by our post-doctoral researcher Laura Mafizzoli Learn more about Laura's work in this interview: otherwisemag.com/meet-the-autho… #MEMPOP #ERC #visualanthropology

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT Quaking Time In this story, Laura Mafizzoli, through the hypnotic curves of Georgian calligraphy, opens a Pandora’s box of contested memory: what happens when the memories of the past contradict what we were taught about it? otherwisemag.com/quaking-time

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT "Gabriel the killer" Alba Gutiérrez González, through bright colours and soft shapes, takes us on a visual journey to Mexico, asking us to reckon with the atrocity of humanity. otherwisemag.com/gabriel-the-ki…

Your silence is loud "These plants reminded me of my connection to the land - a way of knowing that lives in practice, in care, in a language far more honest than the one spoken in the world of German academia" A graphic story by Samir Harb otherwisemag.com/your-silence-i…

Corbu’s boars Soon, in the name of the capitalist order, the straight line became a way of acting and being present in the world Check out our latest story by Jacek Wajszczak otherwisemag.com/corbus-boars

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT Jacek Wajszczak’s wandering lines carry us into the slow, irreversible becoming of a city, where an uncanny encounter between a donkey and Le Corbusier occurs. otherwisemag.com/corbus-boars

OUR NEW STORY IS OUT Stockholm Nostalgia In this story, Oana Lohan takes stock of memory and objects, dragging us through the sweet traps of nostalgia. otherwisemag.com/stockholm-nost… #ethnography #graphic #storytelling