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You don't need all of them. You need one.

A tiny research project is four things: a question you care about, a way of noticing, a record, and an end date. It runs for a while, and then it stops. It does not have to be useful — it is better if it is not.

Filter by the kind of attention a question asks for, or by how long you want to give it. Open one to read it properly, then start it. If none of them is your question, write your own at the bottom.

Kind of noticing Everything Fieldwork Archival Work Embodied Studies Oral History Divinatory Instruments Process Studies
How long Everything A week or less A few weeks A season or more

Oral History

  • One Question, Five Friends

    What happens when the same question meets five different lives?

    Ask five friends the same unusual question. Record the answers. Don't lead them.

    3 weeks · voice notes

  • A Skill in the Family

    Who knows how to do this, and how did they learn?

    Interview an elder about one skill your family has. Record it. Let them go off-topic.

    4 weeks · voice notes

  • First Impression

    What did I look like before we met?

    Ask up to five friends what they thought of you the first time. Record the answers. Don't defend yourself.

    4 weeks · voice notes

  • The Recipe, Narrated

    What is in the hands that isn't in the recipe?

    Cook a family recipe while the person who taught it to you talks you through it. Record the whole thing.

    4 weeks · voice notes and photographs

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