Culturalista is a collaborative project that publishes the diverse voices of Australia in a printed and online zine that reaches thousands of people throughout Australia.
In the current issue of Culturalista many contributors emphasise the need for a change in Australian attitudes and perceptions to create a more humanitarian society. Politics is seen as a key realm through which this society could be realised, but equally important, if not more so, is the potential for individuals and communities to create change...
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To be or Not to Be by Nyadol Nyuon
The question "to be or not to be" can be answered only when I know what, or who, I need or ought to be. Most recently the question has expanded to become "to be or not to be an Australian". But I have come to realise that because the answer does not entirely fall to me, there are limits on how I can respond to the question...
Displacement by Vesna Leto
My father walked his own path. He could do anything when he put his mind to it but he never made it as an Australian. We knew nothing of his labour, the strive to clothe winter's bones, his unpolished grit to join the syllables that divided language. Without knowing confusion yellowed his years. The gravity of cultures had sliced his moons, displacing his past and present...
Keeping Your Identity Only When it's Aussie Okay by Lillian Abbew
So it is sometimes not Aussie Okay to keep your cultural identity? For migrants like me this settling in experience was quite disappointing. During my first few months after arriving in Australia, it was like I was the appointed fashion ambassador of my country Ghana, "Hey there look at me! I am a true African from the Western Coast. Come see our many colors in kente, batik, wax prints tie-dye, check out our kaba and slits, the patakari... oh just feel the fashion "
Indigenous Identity in an Alien World by Justin Frewen
For indigenous peoples worldwide the struggle to preserve their identity has been a brutal one confronted as they were with the overwhelming and oppressive might of colonial rule. Despite the passing of these overtly repressive political and economic regimes, the traditions, cultures and identities of indigenous peoples remain under serious threat. Nowhere does this hold more true than in Australia. To take one example, UNESCO reports that of the 300 indigenous languages, which once contributed so richly to the Australian cultural landscape, only 20 remain unendangered...