Directive responses

Directive Responses

There’s no set way to respond to a directive! We encourage Observers to respond in whatever way they feel most comfortable. However, we’ve included some examples below, as well as our current and past Directives, as a starting point for those either interested in writing for MO, or those interested in working with our materials. View a list of all past Directive themes. .

Example Responses

Response to Spring 2014 directive, ‘Eurovision”, SxMOA2/1/99/3. Themes Observers mentioned included music, television but also nationalism, Brexit, gender and identity.
Response to Summer 1981 directive, SxMOA2/1/1/1/1/34. Themes Observers covered included unemployment, opening and closing of shops, the price of vegetables and reactions to the introduction of 1 and 20p coins
Response to Autumn 2000, ‘Gays and Family’, SxMOA2/1/61/1/2/109. Themes covered include caring for gay family members; older gay people and the family.
Response to Autumn 2021 directive, ‘Kindness’, SxMOA2/1/123/1.
Themes covered in this directive include: kindness; kind; Receiving and giving kindness; places; people; relationships; future of kindness
Response to Autumn 2006, ‘Your Home’, SxMOA2/1/79/1/1/71. Themes covered in this Directive question: images of your home; where I live; decorating; home; house.
A child’s day diary for the Coronation of King Charles III. SxMOA64/1.

Current Directive

Our Directives are often a combination of commissioned questions and in-house designs. We often ask about current events, as well as often repeating questions the Archive has asked before. This way we can see how opinion changes over time!

Part one, which looks at Multiple long-term health conditions, is a commission by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University. This forms part of a larger project led by Newcastle University, which aims to transform understanding of multiple long-term health conditions in hospital patients, and is part of a national portfolio of research exploring multiple long-term health conditions. Responses to this Directive will enable the team to capture unique insights which will create an invaluable resource for current and future multiple long-term health conditions research communities.

Past Directives

Since 1981 we’ve sent out over 100 Directives, with topics ranging from opinions on alternative milks, to the NHS to protesting, to sex and sex education.

Chances are we have something related to what you’re researching! You can view a list of our past MOP Directives here. You can also view and download all the Directives and their individual questions here.

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