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An archive of everyday thought, feeling and opinion in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk Write for the archive: https://massobs.org.uk/the-archive/write-for-the-archive/
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The deadline for this is next week (25th Feb)! If you're interested don't miss your chance to apply.

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Following on from our last post, the same writer provided this response to our 2001 Directive on dating. Beware meeting people through e-mail discussion lists!

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This LGBTQ+ history month, we wanted to share one of our team's favourite responses in the archive. In this directive response the writer, aged 24 and who identifies as a lesbian, tells the story of finding out that she has a great-aunt (72) who is also gay.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

My @politicalquarterly.bsky.social article on WASPI women is out! It uses new @massobsarchive.bsky.social data to explore older women's complicated material situations and their even more complicated feelings about those situations. Read it for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

An exciting (funded!) opportunity! Be part of a new project using Mass Observation material to look at how political understandings develop over the life course 📝 Deadline February 25th ⌚

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In 2022 I worked w/ @massobsarchive.bsky.social (who seek the views of ‘ordinary’ people to understand everyday life in Britain) on a directive on drones. New in @thegj.bsky.social, I examine the 124 responses, exploring how correspondents understand drone incidents & misuse doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

MO is supporting Katie White with her research into early parenting during Covid. Katie will be using MO materials to start and facilitate discussions around experiences of pandemic parenting. If you might be interested taking part please email Katie! First workshop is 15th February.

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Heads On, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, are looking for people interested in taking part in Living Histories, an oral history project capturing the experiences of those who have used or worked in NHS mental health services in Sussex.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Happy New Year from the MO team! How did you spend your New Year? Did it bear any similarity to G2881's (16, student) new year? Lunch with old relatives? Meeting a new bloke? Dressed up all retro? #massobservation #everydayhistory

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'What’s your favourite archive? Mass Observation, an amazing, eclectic archive of ‘ordinary people’.' www.historytoday.com/archive/inte...

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We're so grateful to everyone that made it to our event on Wednesday! We spent the afternoon sharing WWII love letters passed between an American soldier, Carl, and his future wife Bobbie.

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

Hi Bluesky 👋 We're the Mass Observation Archive, an archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Here are some of our team at History Day last month!

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments