METHOD FILE
Investigation Protocol
Investigator
Speculative Forensics
Historical injustice detection
Victims, witnesses, archives, sites, traces and paranormal signals
To investigate the hidden colonial realities within the city, we introduce Hauntology as our central methodological framework. First conceptualized by philosopher Jacques Derrida and subsequently developed by cultural theorist Mark Fisher, hauntology examines how a past that has never truly ceased continues to haunt the present. It prompts us to question why we remain preoccupied with the “past,” and how we might perceive, address, and resolve these historical persistences.
We do not only rely on theoretical inquiry to locate evidence and clues; we also employ Psychogeography as a guide to wander the city, physically sensing and experiencing these ghostly traces.
Our goal is not to lay these ghosts to rest, but to give them a voice.
PROTOCOL MODULES
Method System
Specialized Skill Sets
Each investigation is conducted through distributed roles, field observation, archival interpretation, forensic imagination and site-specific analysis.
Speculative Research
Speculation is used as an investigative tool to read gaps, silences, hauntings and missing records within colonial histories.
Forensic Technologies
Advanced forensic technologies are treated as both instruments of detection and unstable systems of interpretation.
Paranormal Communication
Communications with victims and witnesses are deployed to gather signals, testimonies and unresolved historical data.
Historical Injustice Data
Collected evidence is used to expose the persistence of colonial violence across institutions, infrastructures and everyday environments.
Evidence Assembly
Fragments, witness reports, archival residues and speculative findings are assembled into an open investigative system.
Future Expansion
This method file can later include field procedures, case protocols, investigation tools, evidence categories, witness communication logs and research references.
Current Status
Initial protocol text received. Further methodological data pending classification.