Ann Gabrielle Domingo is a junior cultural desk researcher at Canvas8. She graduated with a degree in Communication from Ateneo de Manila University, where she took up journalism and advertising tracks while dabbling in social sciences classes. Passionate about tracking Asia’s cultural shifts, she’s also written for the likes of 

. She enjoys downtime with her Kindle, curating alternative music playlists, or discovering new hangout spots in Metro Manila.

People are craving comfort. Amid what can feel like a state of constant crisis – a layering of traumatic societal events – it can sometimes seem like we’ve lost a sense of scale and cohesion. In the face of this, the desire to retreat into nostalgia is more seductive than ever. 

Nostalgia Reimagined 

RADICAL CARE

People have long regarded athletes, rockstars, and those in the armed forces as ‘heroes’, but COVID-19 has pushed an oft-overlooked demographic squarely into the limelight. Carers, delivery drivers, grocery store staff, and warehouse workers are gaining plaudits for keeping entire countries running. But with many of these frontline workers employed precariously – on minimum wage or zero-hour contracts – people are gaining awareness of how governments and businesses are failing to protect those we need most.

Radical Care

Gen Alpha (born 2011-present)

Gen Z (born 1997-2010)

Australia

Technology

Citizenship

Social networking

More Australians are supporting the under-16 social media ban just a few months after the government issued the announcement. As distrust towards the technology sector worsens, people are taking more drastic measures to protect themselves and their families from online harm.