Community Engagement
Community engagement is at the heart of PCPA’s mission. We facilitate experiences that provide opportunities for participants to investigate, document and showcase their own communities to the world.
Our principal focus is the development of authentic relationships and experiences between people and communities in our regions.
People living in regional, rural and remote areas across Australia and the Pacific are especially (and unfairly) challenged in accessing visual storytelling experiences and opportunities.
Through engagement, participation and collaboration, we strive to contribute to a growing sense of understanding, awareness and knowledge of ourselves, our communities and our region.
‘Regional museums and arts centres in Australia and Papua New Guinea are, in general, underfunded or insecurely funded. Yet these places offer significant opportunities for cultural, social, and economic development in remote and regional areas. The cultural heritage and arts sectors hold unrealised opportunities for the closely neighbouring countries of PNG and Australia to exchange knowledge and skills.’
- Chris Urwin, The Interpreter (published by The Lowy Institute)
Read Chris’ article here