polaris Issue 03
“Traveling the Borderland: In an Era of Division and Disconnection.”
We traveled to remote regions around the world—places far from the center at the borders between nations. There we found evidence of division all around– in particular, people who had been pushed to the margins. These divisions weren't only physical, like territories and borders; they were also invisible, like language, culture, and values. We met people who have confronted these issues and people who are fighting against these divisions.
Let's start by delving into their stories. I can't say that we found any solutions. But that's okay. In these borderlands, there were scenes and signs that subtly, yet surely, shifted our perspectives on division.
Chapter1:Borderlands and Travel
Walking the Margins of America / The U.S.A., Border Regions
La Gomela: What the Mist Remembers / La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain
Chapter2:Borderlands and Vanishing
The Dry Years: What Was Really Lost in the Drought /Putaendo, Chile.
Sylvan Recollections / Taimagura, Mt. Hayachine, Iwate, Japan
Chapter3:Borderlands and Language
Threads of Code: The Programming Language Prāsa and the Revival of Telegu / South India
Searching for the REAL Form / Japan
Chapter4:Borderlands and Solidarity
Our Co Blind: Care for the Visually Impared and Social Change in the Northern Philipines/Baguio, Philipines
OFF SESSiON: The Power of Independent Magazines in an Era of Fakeness and Disconnection / Kamakura, Japan
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Size: 257mm × 345mm
Page: 136
Language: Japanese & English
Year: 2025