Making multiculture : Australia and the ambivalent politics of diversity

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Abstract

Creative Nation was launched in 1994 at a time of heightened public awareness of the changes brought about by mass immigration to the make-up of Australian society. These changes can be succinctly understood under the banner of ‘multiculturalism’. A problematic and contested term, multiculturalism broadly refers to the recognition that demographic changes, as a consequence of the influx of migrants from all corners of the world, have led to the development of a nation that is increasingly ethnically and linguistically diverse, and that governments have a role to play in managing this diversity. This task includes involving ethnic minorities in the cultural life of the nation. Australia’s first national cultural policy was explicit about this governmental responsibility. A central concern of Creative Nation was with the role of culture in the articulation of national identity.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaking Culture: Commercialisation, Transnationalism, and the State of 'Nationing' in Contemporary Australia
EditorsDavid Rowe, Graeme Turner, Emma Waterton
Place of PublicationU.K.
PublisherRoutledge
Pages140-153
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781315106205
ISBN (Print)9781138094123
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • cultural pluralism
  • minorities
  • multiculturalism

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