THE PLACES WE CALL HOME - Update
Thank you to everyone who shared this information with others and to those who applied.
We received 33 applications for our digital storytelling project in partnership with Cowbird, which was an incredible response from across the country and beyond. All of the submissions were compelling and powerful concepts and the competition was stiff. Out of the 33 projects PIC chose three.
ReNavigate: As globalization trail blazes in the 21st century economic world, it leaves behind generations of Pacific Islanders, both young and old, to navigate the fine balance between culture of the old world and the new. The diverse Australian Pacific community is one of these ever growing diaspora dealing with these new challenges.
By: Taofia Pelesasa & Emele Ugavule
First Generation: a series of stories about raising a new generation
of Pacific Islander children in the middle of a continent.
By: Sergio M. Rapu
Matriarchy Knows Best: a collection that will address the relationships Pacific women émigrés have with motherhood and the home, within the context of a matriarchy reshaped by diaspora.
By: Chris Gauthier
Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to launching them in May.
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