Culture
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How your culture informs the emotions you feel when listening to music
We are cruising at 27,000 feet, but the mountains around us appear worryingly close and the turbulence has woken me…
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Chinese new year: your guide to everything from importance of the colour red to firework bans
The tiger is the third animal of the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac signs, and famous people under this sign…
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UK minister calls for probe into claim Muslim MP lost her job because of faith
LONDON — A Conservative Cabinet minister has called for an investigation into allegations a Muslim Conservative MP was told she had…
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Covid: Viral photo highlights challenges of vaccinating Amazon
A photo of an indigenous man carrying his father on his back to take a Covid-19 vaccine in the Brazilian…
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Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Sasha Grishin The…
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Sydney Festival boycott: when arts organisations accept donations, there is always a price to pay
Several artists and arts organisations have withdrawn from the festival over the Israeli Embassy’s sponsorship of the dance work Decadance,…
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The crisis of a career in culture: why sustaining a livelihood in the arts is so hard
Many artists and arts workers have “portfolio careers”, piecing together a mixture of jobs while competing for limited funding and…
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Henri Matisse was an artist of colour and sensuous line; an unerring eye until the end
It was a tapestry, Polynesia, newly acquired for the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW. Joanna Mendelssohn The Conversation…
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The stories behind these stunning images by First Nations photographers
Here, some of the artists tell SBS News about the stories and inspirations behind their work. Akash Arora SBS News…
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New move by Australian sporting codes to combat spectator racism
Major Australian sporting codes have endorsed guidelines released by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to curb issues of spectator…
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The big idea: are we really so polarised?
But emotion, not policies, may be what actually divides us. Dominic Packer and Jay Van Bavel The Guardian In 2020,…
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Principals and teachers are vital to success for refugee families
As the American withdrawal from Afghanistan culminated in the tragic scenes at the Kabul airport in late August, Australians were…
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Booker Prize won by South African writer Damon Galgut for The Promise
The 57-year-old, who has been shortlisted twice previously, won the 50,000-pound ($91,783) prize against a shortlist that included Pulitzer Prize winner Richard…
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A new artistic call for us to recognise the connections of Country is a testament to the power of Aboriginal knowledge
The first major exhibition curated by Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Wurrung woman Stacie Piper in her role as Tarawarra’s 2019 Yalingwa…
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Kowanyama Aboriginal language program revives cultural connection
Kowanyama, north-west of Cairns, is home to three distinct language groups that were almost eradicated. Mark Rigby ABC News But…
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The Greek-Australians fighting for the return of the Parthenon marbles to Athens
“It’s time for a change.” Marc Fennell & Sophie Kesteven for Stuff the British Stole ABC News Vardas is the…
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