Where do I belong?
In this personal essay, Guido Melo reflects on race, identity, belonging and intergenerational trauma.
Tag Archives: identity
The African Australian Question Part I: Trying to form an identity on an anxious and isolated island
This is the first part in a two-part series on Australian identity and the African Australian Question.
Arab, Australian, Other: a review
This collection explores the varied experiences of living in the Arab diaspora in Australia, countering the portrayal of the Australian media, which ranges from homogenisation to racism.
Guluk naksa
In her poems, Leila explores a personal sense of origin that, like the ocean, binds several landscapes and times, coming back to the idea that a timeless, boundless love pervades.
Chicken River: a review of Raafat Ishak’s most recent works
Raafat Ishak plays with contrasting symbols and scale to bring his installation and paintings to life, redefining identity in a most surreal way.
Stigma and choice: romantic life for the modern woman
Ariadna Relea and Mariona Guiu contemplate female identity, stigma and choice in modern society, through the lives of five women.
What it means to be Vietnamese in Australia
Recognising one’s cultural heritage and discovering the contemporary Vietnamese identity are the two focal points of the ‘Vietnamese in Australia’ exhibition.
Stateless in Kuwait
While societal silence strips away the rights of fellow individuals who are systemically rendered voiceless, individual courage can realise breakthroughs, writes Mubarak H.
Black Sheep: Community Exclusion and Identity
Right Now Editor, Marta Skrabracz, writes about “ghettoisation” and what this means for community identity in Australia.
“Australian” Identity and Dual Citizenship
Reconciling multiple identities does not mean immigrants must relinquish their cultural heritage.