
The Shape Of Things To Come
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Mass Observation in the 19th Century
I was really interested, sort of sociologically speaking, i guess it's kind of allied ar in the fact that this bureau came after this period of mass observation in britain. And i wondered if there was a kind of cultural enthusiasm on the idea of ordinary people collecting and reporting information. It's just something i'm interested in. Iiv done dne one work on mass observation. Was a social research organization, mainly in the 19 thirties and 19 forties. They would get just ordinary people to write diaries of their their everyday lives,. at they'd interview them in the street, awel. Yere, we'l actually a as nits doesn't
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