{"id":574,"date":"2025-05-01T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/?p=574"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:12:33","slug":"new-publication-drones-in-the-mass-observation-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/new-publication-drones-in-the-mass-observation-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"New publication &#8211; drones in the Mass Observation Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">n 2022 I worked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/massobs.org.uk\/\">Mass Observation Archive<\/a>, who <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">seek the views of \u2018ordinary\u2019 people to understand everyday life in Britain, to co-develop a directive focused on drones. Earlier this year, I published an article about this with the Geographical Journal. My <a href=\"https:\/\/rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/geoj.12618\">article<\/a>, which is available open access here: <a href=\"https:\/\/rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/geoj.12618\">https:\/\/rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/geoj.12618<\/a>, examines the <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\">124 responses I received to the drones directive and explores how correspondents understand drone incidents and misuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/271\/2025\/05\/drone-misuse-1024x737.png\" alt=\"Drone misuse\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/271\/2025\/05\/drone-misuse-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/271\/2025\/05\/drone-misuse-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/271\/2025\/05\/drone-misuse-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/drone-geographies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/271\/2025\/05\/drone-misuse.png 1425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022 I worked with the Mass Observation Archive, who seek the views of \u2018ordinary\u2019 people to understand everyday life in Britain, to co-develop a directive focused on drones. 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