In this episode of The Viewpoint, Daniel Nour delves into the complex interplay between online gaming and extremism, misogyny, and hate speech. Is it all just fun and games?
Alternative voices, new points of view
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Alternative voices, new points of view
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Alternative voices, new points of view
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Alternative voices, new points of view
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Alternative voices, new points of view
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Alternative voices, new points of view
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View allShristi arrived in Australia on a student visa in 2013. After obtaining a full scholarship to Macquarie University in Sydney, she left behind her life in Nepal to start afresh.
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“This culture of togetherness is how Western Sydney has been able to foster world-class musicians. Music is not a commodity - but a community.” The New Point Magazine drills into the Western Sydney music scene.
In a Malaysian cemetery, I learned how to speak to the dead for the first time. The end of 2023 was when I was able to visit my 公公 kung-kung (my maternal grandpa)’s final resting...
Buckle up for a ride through Sydney’s vibrant car culture where a car is more than a set of wheels. A car is who you are - an extension of yourself and an expression of...
Gen Z and millennial social media influencers are setting up nail businesses from home and dominating a space that was traditionally reserved for Vietnamese migrants.
A big part of the reason why the Hyderabadi Muslim community struggles with accepting mental health as a valid health concern is due to its cultural stigmas and religious misconceptions it has deemed to be...
We Persians have an expression that says: ‘That person has a worm.’ This is something akin to English phrases involving ‘bug’. I am sick. I have the bug of writing.
The corner shop is a colourful hallmark of suburbia. It’s where many kids are first allowed to walk by themselves, a pocket of consumerism in the quiet of the streets. But it’s common nowadays to...
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A community with a storied culture is reconciling past and present through museums and music.
Tears welled in my eyes, but I was careful to not let any of them out and into the salty ghormeh sabzi. My grandfather has planted a seed of doubt in the centre of my...
Coffs Harbour on Gumbaynggirr country has opened its arms to refugees from war-torn countries since the mid-2000s. Now a local anti-racism initiative has found creative ways to unite the regional coastal town.
In a classroom in Castle Hill, Christian and Muslim high school students from across Western Sydney are getting to know each other. The conversations going on in the room are stimulating, energetic, honest, loud. There’s...
In this StoryCasters podcast episode, Mega, an Indonesian woman who married an Australian man and followed him to Australia, tells her migration story to Jhames Montemayor. Mega found out her husband was not the man...
Can cultural traditions keep pace with modern life? In multicultural Sydney, Greek and Polish youth navigate a journey of belonging, blending heritage with contemporary life. This video explores how they bridge the past and present...
In a Malaysian cemetery, I learned how to speak to the dead for the first time. The end of 2023 was when I was able to visit my 公公 kung-kung (my maternal grandpa)’s final resting...
Digital
View allIn this episode of The Viewpoint, Daniel Nour delves into the complex interplay between online gaming and extremism, misogyny, and hate speech. Is it all just fun and games?
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Fake news and online conspiracy theories are flourishing. Here’s how young people are learning to spot the fakes and take a stand as digital citizens.
‘Involuntary celibates’ – or self-styled ‘incels’ – are a weird and dangerous breed of extremists that have emerged from an online ecosystem where misogyny and hate can thrive.
The Codebreakers project uses social media, digital platforms and art to engage young people from Western Sydney in critical conversations about culture, identity and belonging.
The internet was built to connect us — a digital space where distance was no barrier to connection. But somewhere along the way, the very platform designed to unite us began driving us apart.
Over 100 amazing, interesting and talented people attended the COMPACT X DIGI Engage Summit in December. This is how they are empowering young people to build a cohesive future.
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Distant relatives we couldn’t recognise told Fatema it was “your time”. The woman who cut Fatema was my aunt’s friend. The cutting took place in the middle of a noisy bush with the sounds of...
While religious divisions are deepening in India, music and poetry are helping to bring people together here in Australia.
Tears welled in my eyes, but I was careful to not let any of them out and into the salty ghormeh sabzi. My grandfather has planted a seed of doubt in the centre of my...
We Persians have an expression that says: ‘That person has a worm.’ This is something akin to English phrases involving ‘bug’. I am sick. I have the bug of writing.
The Pointy End
View allA powerful new digital storytelling initiative is inspired by the real stories of resilience of Australian and New Zealander survivors of terrorism.
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