TO mark the 60th anniversary of the "Worktown" project, Bolton Institute's Discourse Unit is holding a one day conference on Saturday, June 28, to celebrate and evaluate the work of the Mass Observation Research Movement between 1937 and 1997.
Sixty years ago a team of anthropologists, whose work was then considered as the study of 'primitive' people remote from civilisation, came to Bolton to carry out the controversial study of the town and its people.
The Bolton project caused a stir amongst academics and local people alike back in 1937, but is now seen as a pioneering venture that made an important contribution to social history.
Speakers at the conference, which starts at 10am in the main lecture theatre at Bolton Institute's Chadwick Campus, include Halla Beloff on the photographs of Humphrey Spender which will be exhibited at the conference, and Dorothy Sheridan on Mass Observation now.
Members of the public are invited to attend and full details are available from Professor Ian Parker, Discourse Unit, Psychology, Bolton Institute, Deane Road, Bolton, BL3 5AB (tel 01204 528851 ext 3150) or Hilary Birtwistle (ext 3337).
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