#MassObservation doing an open call for ordinary day #diaries from the #LGBTQIA+ community, and specifically "we’re asking people to record their day on the 12th February. Whatever you get up to, we’d love to have it in our collection!" #today https://massobs.org.uk/2026/01/07/what-does-it-mean-to-be-queer-every-day/ #Queer #WhatAGayDay
What does it mean to be queer every day? - Mass Observation Archive

This LGBTQ+ History Month, MO is continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer everyday, what is everyday life like? We’re looking to capture the ordinary and the mundane parts of life, which are often missing from archival accounts of queer lives and communities.

Mass Observation Archive

You may have heard of the UK Mass Observation Project - an anonymous record of daily life.

If you want to take part by submitting an online diary on Monday next week - 12th May - you'll be welcomed by the University of Sussx research team.

Instructions are here (don't forget the copyright disclaimer)
https://massobs.org.uk/the-archive/12th-may/

More information at massobs.org.uk

#12may2025 #anthropology #sociology #massObservation

12th May - Mass Observation Archive

Our 12th May diary day is your chance to be part of recording everyday life. Sending us your dairy helps us record everyday life in the UK.

Mass Observation Archive
May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys 1937: Part 2

Part Two in a series of posts on Mass Observation’s book, May the Twelfth, on the last but one coronation on 12 May 1937. Following up on Part One which deals with the reception of May the Twelfth …

Social Humanities

In the run up to 12 May 2025, it seems appropriate to share again these posts I wrote about Mass Observation and their first book May the Twelfth (1937). Then, as now, the monarchy was trending and the political right were on the march
#sociology #massobservation #12may #may12 #may12th #12May2025 #anthropology #socialanthropology

https://socialhumanities.home.blog/2023/04/30/may-the-twelfth-mass-observation-day-surveys-1937-part-1/

May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys 1937: Part 1

‘…it was a crazy idea to have it edited by a whole bunch of intellectual poets.’ – Tom Harrisson on May the Twelfth[1] In the run up to the coronation on 6 May 2023, it seem…

Social Humanities

Fifth and final part of my blog series on #massobservation's book on the coronation of George VI in 1937

https://socialhumanities.home.blog/2023/05/06/may-the-twelfth-mass-observation-day-surveys-1937-part-5/

May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys 1937: Part 5

Social Humanities