Moving Stories

Moving Stories is a wonderful community web project that uses oral histories and photography to document the lives of residents in a caravan park in an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. The project works to break down the stereotypes and stigma attached to caravan park life through raising awareness, while creating a sense of belonging and community spirit among caravan park dwellers. The site allows you to take a walk through the park with a couple of the residents, get some tips on living in caravan parks, and learn about the lives of the residents. Moving Stories seems to be part of a wider project aimed at developing a sense of community within parks and enriching the lives of residents for whom living in caravan parks isn't a lifestyle choice. For some of the residents, for the poor, the unemployed, and those escaping domestic violence, living in parks is the only option. Check it out. Also take a look at Brisbane stories, a site that features a number of similar community projects that make use of the everyday lives and stories of the city’s residents, from indigenous people to refugees and asylum-seekers. Fantastic stuff!