Summary information
Study title
Belonging: Mass Observation Project Correspondents' Writings, 2010
Creator
Mass-Observation
Study number / PID
7544 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-7544-2 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
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This study is available via the UK Data Service Qualibank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
This research results from the work of the social research organisation, Mass-Observation, founded in 1937 to create an 'anthropology of ourselves'. Material was collected from a team of observers and a panel of volunteer writers who aimed to study the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. This directive was carried out in June-July 2010 and with the aim of exploring experiences of belonging in relation to a variety of things, including individual people, a group or a community of people, a place, a culture or a nation. The directive also asked about less happy experiences of not belonging, such as feeling `not at home' or labelled 'an outsider'.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
Not availableCountry
United Kingdom
Time dimension
Longitudinal/panel/cohort
Papers generated by the original Mass-Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s) and material collected continuously since 1981.
Analysis unit
Individuals
National
Universe
108
Sampling procedure
Volunteer sample
Kind of data
Text
Data collection mode
Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2015
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Related publications
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