By Alice I had the oppotunity to take part in work experience between the 6th-10th of July at The Keep in the Mass Observation archive. During the week I was able to gain an insight into how a purpose built archival centre works, and especially how it is used for public reasearch. Before working atContinueContinue reading “Work Experience with MO”
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Mass Observing the Pandemic, Five Years On
By Henry Parish May 2025 saw the Mass Observation Project gather information about how British everyday life had been impacted by Covid-19. Its panel of life writers were prompted to reflect on how aspects of their lives, from work, homelife and health, to attitudes towards technology and socialisation, had changed five years on from Covid.ContinueContinue reading “Mass Observing the Pandemic, Five Years On”
Artist in residence: My placement with the Mass Observation Archive
By Keira Grant In 2024 I took an elective module during my undergraduate degree with the University of Sussex which hosted a session at The Keep with the Mass Observation Archive. This was my first introduction to archives, and it reignited an interest in history and culture I had not experience since my gruelling A-LevelContinueContinue reading “Artist in residence: My placement with the Mass Observation Archive”