My Community is a non-profit organisation which conducts community-based participatory research and heritage assessments; establishes community museums, archives and libraries; organises participatory programmes and guided tours; and cocreate community architecture and urban spaces. We seek to preserve our social memories, celebrate our shared culture and heritage and champion greater community involvement in cultural management and urban governance.
Before we were formally registered as a society on 26 August 2010, we started engaging the Queenstown community through befriending in 2006, organising guided tours in 2008 and blogging in 2009. On 12 December 2015, My Community was registered as a charity under the Charities Act. We were then recognised as an Institution of Public Character on 13 December 2016.
Today, My Community boasts almost 500 volunteers. Our first community museum in Queenstown was opened on 31 December 2018.
How will you be contributing?
- A passionate individual who is keen to work with the community stakeholders on our community heritage initiatives including co-designing guided tours, conducting cultural mapping and co-organising community festival programmes.
- To develop place-making strategies using community arts, culture and heritage.
- To develop sustainable and inclusive programmes and initiatives to enliven community spaces.
We are looking for individuals who possess the following:
- Keen interest in interacting with the community (residents, shopkeepers, students, diverse stakeholders and partners) on arts, culture and heritage.
- Patience, Empathy and Responsibility
- Committed and willing to learn
- Ability to communicate and write fluently in English and one other national language (Chinese, Malay, Tamil). Ability to communicate in dialects will be a bonus.
- Good knowledge on Singapore's history, heritage, geography and urban planning will also be a bonus.
- The internship will take place between 19 August 2024 to 7 December 2024
What will happen next?
- Please submit your cover letter, resume and writing samples through [email protected]
- Application deadline: 10 August 2024
- There will be stipend for this internship.
For any clarifications, please contact [email protected]
