By Casey D’Souza My life is a constant oscillation: feeling like I belong to multiple cultures or feeling like I don’t belong to any culture at all. As a second-generation immigrant, I was raised by the ebb and flow of cultural overlap: my parents’ background pushed up against stereotypes of …
Read More »Multiculturalism and Street Art: Responses to Peter Drew’s Posters
By Olivia Inwood On Australia Day this year, Adelaide-based artist Peter Drew released the third iteration of his street art poster series “Real Australians Seek Welcome”. This series features 250 designs, one for each Indigenous language group. Drew is currently plastering his posters across Australia and hopes they will also …
Read More »More than Meets the Eye: A Brief Dip into the Depths of Culture
By Michelle Wang It’s a sunny morning at the Champs de Mars, where you’re going for a run. A smiling vendor of miniature Eiffel Tower trinkets appears in your pathway. You smile back. A nice, harmless exchange of smiles, then: “Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa?! Nihao! Nihao?!” Ah, so it’s one of those …
Read More »