This activity is used in the module "Spain: Political Decentralisation and Integration into Europe" (SPPO 2370/1). Its aim is to facilitate students’ practical and personal engagement, interaction and co-operation in the process of understanding key issues in relation to national identity in Spain and the sociolinguistic reality of its Autonomous Communities.

Observing the 1980s brings together ‘voices’ from both the Mass Observation Project and the British Library Oral History Collection. This material offers a unique and inspiring insight into the lives and opinions of British people from a range of social classes and regions during the 1980s. Additional context for these materials comes from a collection of ephemera from the same period, consisting of a range of publications dealing with contemporary issues such as the Poll Tax, AIDS and the Falklands Conflict. The materials were selected for their relevance to themes addressed in the undergraduate history course ‘1984: Thatcher’s Britain’ at the University of Sussex. These digitised resources are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-alike licence . This means that you may download and re-use the resources for non-commercial purposes but you must credit the author and make available any re-purposed versions under the same Creative Commons licence terms. Access to the British Library oral history interviews is via the British Library Sound Archive Oral History Collections.

Listed here are links to the digital versions of items of ephemera including pamphlets, newspapers, policy documents and reports, from the University of Sussex Library scanned for the Observing the 1980s Project. A link is also provided to the relevant entry in the University of Sussex Special Collections catalogue providing more information about the document. The items of ephemera provide additional context for the Mass Observation Project and British Library Oral History materials in the Observing the 1980s Project, coming from the same period and dealing with contemporary issues such as the Poll Tax, AIDS and the Falklands Conflict. The materials were selected for their relevance to themes addressed in the undergraduate history course ‘1984: Thatcher’s Britain’ at the University of Sussex. These digitised resources are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-alike licence . This means that you may download and re-use the resources for non-commercial purposes but you must credit the author and make available any re-purposed versions under the same Creative Commons licence terms.

Este documental, creado como parte de un proyecto estudiantil de la Universidad de Leeds, indaga sobre el papel de las comunidades y la tecnologia en la experiencia de la emigración. Investiga estos temas a través de extractos de entrevistas con tres emigrados espanoles que viven en la ciudad de Leeds, Inglaterra. Compara estas narrativas con extractos de publicaciones en varias redes sociales y comunidades digitales escritas por emigrantes españoles, para ver las interacciones entre las comunidades virtuales y las narrativas individuales. Utiliza elementos del modo ‘participativo’ y del ‘reflexivo’ de Nichols, tratando los temas de los métodos de investigación del estudiante y del proyecto OpenLIVES. El documental fue producido como parte de la asignatura "Discovering Spanish Voices Abroad in a Digital World (OpenLIVES)", de la Universidad de Leeds. Attributions: Abreu, J., Greenway J., Lillywhite, K., Morgan, L., Richardson, J., Steel, A., Wilson, J., Wright, D. and Zaragoza, J. 2013. Entrevista OpenLIVES with Javier Zaragoza. OpenLIVES project (2013). An open collection of research data and teaching materials relating to Spanish migrant stories. JISC. University of Leeds Abreu, J., Gállego, L., Greenway J., Lillywhite, K., Morgan, L., Richardson, J., Steel, A., Wilson, J., and Wright, D. 2013. Entrevista OpenLIVES with Lara Gallego. OpenLIVES project (2013). An open collection of research data and teaching materials relating to Spanish migrant stories. JISC. University of Leeds England-Duce, L., Jessup, C., and Hernandez, J. Entrevista OpenLIVES with Juan Luis. OpenLIVES project (2015). An open collection of research data and teaching materials relating to Spanish migrant stories. JISC. University of Leeds With thanks to Batchelor, F., Curnock, I., Floyd, R. and Schmidt, E. who voice-acted extracts from the following online posts: Anonymous Facebook users (2015). Posts from Españoles en Leeds. [Facebook posts]. Anonymous users of 'no nos vamos, nos echan' (no publication date). Posts from 'no nos vamos, nos echan'. Rosella, M. (2012) Blog posts from 'Viviendo Abroad'.

Mark Greengrass, 'Rumeur et Bien Public dans Les Ligues Provinciales Catholiques: l'exemple de Laon'. Presented 17 July 2008. Discusses in particular Jean Bodin and the Catholic League.