START HERE: Godzilla Papers Site Index

Consider this Site Index your guide to the knowledge repository.

FOR MISSION CONTEXT:

Read this project’s Research Methodology.

TO READ MISSION ASSETS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

To access each asset, click on the underlined text.

1. Press Release: Godzilla Mission Brief
2. Godzilla Field Report No. 1 : Initial Findings
3. Godzilla Field Report No. 2: Seven themes fro understanding Godzilla 1954 (and therefore, ourselves)
4. Godzilla Field Report No. 3: On silence, experimentation, trust, and the fact that time and space are Big
5. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Stop Making Things Up
6. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Mission Scope Revision Approved
7. Press Release: Call For Artists, Revised Mission Scope, and Updated Channels for Public Engagement
8. Building Just & Equitable Futures with Godzilla - call for collaborators
9. Research Methodology for Kaiju_Love_Care_Futures_02026
10. The Godzilla Mission Arts Department Creative Brief
11. Godzilla Field Report No. 4: Three lessons for humanity regarding narrative power, the myth of apolitical decisions, and the risks of relying on one source of information
12. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Mothra vs. Godzilla is Not a “Film About Eggs” and an Emergency Photoshoot
13. Godzilla Field Report No. 5: Five lessons from Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) for humanity regarding greed, abolition, lifecycles, the virtue of being stubborn, and eggs
14. Meet the Godzilla Mission Team: Team photos and brief biographies
15. Godzilla Field Report No. 6: Five lessons for humanity regarding the lineage of ideas, collaboration, silliness, open knowledge, and avoiding trains when fleeing a Big Monster
16. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Directive. Collaborate with Slasher re: Godzilla Analog Horror
17. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Assignment. Citizen-submitted Hypothesis re: Monarch & Legacy
18. Godzilla Field Report No. 7: Five lessons for humanity about the violent nature of borders, the risks of jumping out of planes, believing folks’ experiences, the power of collective action, and collective responsibility.
19. [COLLABORATION WITH ] The Godzilla Suit Incident: How The Man in The Suit embraced tragedy through monsters

SECTIONS OF THIS SUBSTACK:

Field Reports: Reports authored by the Field Office offering lessons from humanity from the Godzilla franchise.

1. Godzilla Field Report No. 1 : Initial Findings
2. Godzilla Field Report No. 2: Seven themes fro understanding Godzilla 1954 (and therefore, ourselves)
3. Godzilla Field Report No. 3: On silence, experimentation, trust, and the fact that time and space are Big
4. Godzilla Field Report No. 4: Three lessons for humanity regarding narrative power, the myth of apolitical decisions, and the risks of relying on one source of information
5. Godzilla Field Report No. 5 - Five lessons from Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) for humanity regarding greed, abolition, lifecycles, the virtue of being stubborn, and eggs
6. Godzilla Field Report No. 6: Five lessons for humanity regarding the lineage of ideas, collaboration, silliness, open knowledge, and avoiding trains when fleeing a Big Monster
7. Godzilla Field Report No. 7: Five lessons for humanity about the violent nature of borders, the risks of jumping out of planes, believing folks’ experiences, the power of collective action, and collective responsibility.

Mission Correspondence: Non-confidential mission correspondence

1. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Stop Making Things Up
2. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Mission Scope Revision Approved
3. Building Just & Equitable Futures with Godzilla - call for collaborators
4. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Mothra vs. Godzilla is Not a “Film About Eggs” and an Emergency Photoshoot
5. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Directive. Collaborate with Slasher re: Godzilla Analog Horror
6. Memo to Godzilla Mission Field Office: Assignment. Citizen-submitted Hypothesis re: Monarch & Legacy

Arts Department: all materials related to the Arts Department.

1. The Godzilla Mission Arts Department Creative Brief

For the Press:

1. Press Release: Godzilla Mission Brief
2. Press Release: Call For Artists, Revised Mission Scope, and Updated Channels for Public Engagement
3. Meet the Godzilla Mission Team: Team photos and brief biographies

About This Mission:

1. About page

Collaborative Articles:

1. [COLLABORATION WITH ] The Godzilla Suit Incident: How The Man in The Suit embraced tragedy through monsters