Carl Gopalkrishnan
Carl Gopalkrishnan is an Australian/UK international visual artist and writer whose art works explore intergenerational trauma, faith and queerness, and creative thinking in international intervention. As an Australian of Indian, Chinese and English heritage based in Australia, Carl has also worked in senior policy adviser roles on social cohesion issues for The Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (ECCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), and as a researcher for State Governments. Carl advises communities and government on social cohesion issues at the intersections of multiculturalism, faith and diverse sexuality and gender (LGBTQIA+).
Carl Gopalkrishnan's articles (3 total)
After Berlin’s deadly Pride attack, grief needs empathy not Islamophobia
In the aftermath of the deadly Berlin Pride attack, grief is being pulled between silence, scapegoating and political recruitment – when what communities need is empathy, leadership and difficult conversation.
Wartime resilience already exists in multicultural Australia
As fuel and supply pressures build, multicultural Australia offers practical lessons in restraint, cooperation and resilience – but policy has yet to catch up.
A good captain can stop this Senator’s social cohesion ‘Titanic’
After the largest public rally with racist associations for migrants we have witnessed since the demise of the White Australia policy, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments really hurt.