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This message has been sent through the MASSOBS discussion list. Remember, clicking 'reply' sends your message to the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm not sure if I have hit the correct reply button but it is very late at night, I am enduring one of my sleepless episodes, and am not too sure if I shall remember this in the morning. There is an interesting article which mentions MASSOBS on a blog which is dear to my hear and I thought I'd pass it on to any others who may be interested: http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/09/myth-has-taken-over.html Regards, Henry Wood On 26 August 2010 12:13, MOCO Project <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This message has been sent through the MASSOBS discussion list. Remember, > clicking 'reply' sends your message to the list. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *www.mocoproject.org.uk* > > * * > > Invites you to… > > * * > > *Become a Mass Observer for a day* > * > * > > On Sunday the 12th of September the MOCO Project<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk>will host another Mass Observation inspired submission drive, following the > high interest in > our August ‘A Day in Your Life’ diary day. > > We now invite community group members to become Mass Observers for the day, > in the spirit of the original Mass Observation team. > > *Observe life around you* > > As an observer, you go to a place that has meaning to you and your > community and write down what is happening there while you visit and the > feelings > you have while you are there. > > We suggest going to a local café or community space, the park, the high > street or any other place that you can think of. Breath in the atmosphere, > hear the sounds and describe them to others. > > Read more about making Observations.<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/observe-life-in-a-caf%C3%A9> > > *Write your own diary* > > Diaries continue to be a popular part of the MOCO Project and have been a > large part of the historical Mass Observation Archive. We continue to > encourage people to write a day diary, take photographs or make a video on > September 12th. > > Read more about submitting a Diary.<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/keep-a-diary-a-day> > > *Historical Background* > > Observations have been a central part of Mass Observation<http://www.massobs.org.uk>since it started in the 1930s. Observers were members of staff that > were sent out to record daily life as it went on around them. Sometimes > these observations took the form of subjective narratives, at other times > meticulously gathered statistics. They went to meetings, to the shops and > stood on street corners listening for passing conversations. Here you can > see examples from the historic MO Observations.<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/examples-from-our-archive/observations-from-the-archive> > > Diary collecting started in 1937 when Mass Observation called for people > from all parts of the UK to record everything they did and thought from when > they woke up > in the morning to when they went to sleep at night on 12th May. As it > happened 12th May 1937 was the day of George VI’s Coronation and many people > wrote about > being involved in this national event. The resulting diaries provide a > wonderful glimpse into the everyday lives of all sorts of people in the late > 1930s. Read more > about MO diaries<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/examples-from-our-archive/diaries-from-the-mass-observation-archive> > . > > *Mass Observation Communities Online Project (MOCO)* is expanding upon > this tradition by asking community groups to participate in a nation-wide > initiative. > > With participation across the country, we are aiming to create a national > archive of written and photographic accounts that will reflect a day in the > life, not only of individuals across the UK, but also of the members of > your specific communities.This will result in a valuable record of your > community or organisation that each group will be able to keep. The > submissions will also be displayed on the MOCO online archive<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/recent-contributions>and donated to the historic Mass Observation Archive. > > *If you would like to learn more about the how to complete the tasks or > you wish to make a submission (on or after September 12th), please visit our > event page<http://www.mocoproject.org.uk/a-day-in-your-life-september-12th> > .* > > Best Wishes, > > The MOCO Team > -- > Mass Observation Communities Online (MOCO) > A JISC funded project > Centre for Community Engagement > and The Mass Observation Archive > University of Sussex > > www.mocoproject.org.uk > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: 01273 877 657 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To leave this list email [log in to unmask] Alternatively, > send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave massobs -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list email [log in to unmask] Alternatively, send the following command to [log in to unmask] leave massobs --