Know something we don’t?
Every culture here belongs to somebody.
If there is a tradition, a dish, an object or a word from yours that the world gets wrong — or has never heard of — tell us about it. We would rather learn it from you than read it about you.
You do not need to be an expert, a writer, or sure of the history. Half of what makes a good submission is simply that somebody grew up with it and noticed it was unusual only when they left.
Send an email to hello@kulturevultures.com with as much or as little of the following as you have.
What to include
- Your name, and how you would like to be credited — or that you would rather not be
- Where you are from, or which culture this belongs to
- The tradition, dish, object or word itself
- What it means, and why it matters to you
- A photograph, if you have one you took yourself
What happens next
We read everything and reply to everyone, though not always quickly. If we want to use it we come back to you with what we have written before it goes anywhere, so you can tell us what we have misunderstood. Nothing about your culture gets published over your objection.
If we use your photograph, you keep it. We are asking for permission to show it once, credited to you by name, with the place and year — not for the rights to it.
Especially wanted
The things we cannot get from a desk.
- Corrections
Something we published about your culture that is wrong.
The most valuable message you can send us. We fix it in public on our corrections page and credit you for the catch.
- The ordinary
The thing so normal to you that it has never seemed worth mentioning.
This is almost always the best material. What is unremarkable at home is the whole story somewhere else.
- The disputed
A tradition your own community disagrees about.
Cultures are not monoliths and we would rather show the argument than pick a side and pretend it settled.
- Your own photographs
Pictures you took, of things you know.
We publish no synthetic imagery and no uncredited images, so real photographs from people who were actually there are the scarcest thing we have.
The long version
One cultural story a week that deserves more than sixty seconds.
Deep research. Named sources. Real context. No cultural clichés.
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