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A guide to the knowledge repository for Mission Kaiju_Love_Care_Futures_02026

Consider this Site Index your guide to the knowledge repository.

SECTIONS OF THIS SITE:

FOR MISSION CONTEXT:

Read this project’s Research Methodology.

MISSION ORGANIZATIONAL CHART:

Learn more about the Team:

Meet the Kaiju Mission Team: Team photos and brief biographies
Meet The Kaiju Mission Arts Department

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Press Release: Kaiju Mission Brief
Kaiju Field Report No. 1 : Initial Findings
Kaiju Field Report No. 2: Seven themes fro understanding Godzilla 1954 (and therefore, ourselves)
Kaiju Field Report No. 3: On silence, experimentation, trust, and the fact that time and space are Big
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Stop Making Things Up
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Mission Scope Revision Approved
Press Release: Call For Artists, Revised Mission Scope, and Updated Channels for Public Engagement
Building Just & Equitable Futures with Kaiju & Friends - call for collaborators
Research Methodology for Kaiju_Love_Care_Futures_02026
The Kaiju Mission Arts Department Creative Brief
Kaiju 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
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Mothra vs. Godzilla is Not a “Film About Eggs” and an Emergency Photoshoot
Kaiju Field Report No. 5: Five lessons from Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) for humanity regarding greed, abolition, lifecycles, the virtue of being stubborn, and eggs
Meet the Kaiju Mission Team: Team photos and brief biographies
Kaiju 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
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Directive. Collaborate with Slasher re: Godzilla Analog Horror
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Assignment. Citizen-submitted Hypothesis re: Monarch & Legacy
Kaiju 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.
[COLLABORATION WITH SLASHER] The Godzilla Suit Incident: How The Man in The Suit embraced tragedy through monsters
Meet the Kaiju Mission Arts Department
Memo to Kaiju Misson Field Office, C/O Dr. Tex Collins: Report re: Methods & School of International Futures (NGFP)
Mothra In Utopia, Kari (Marigold) Cadenhead
Kaiju Field Report No. 8: Five lessons for humanity about trust and boundaries, consent and bodily autonomy, celebration, the dangers of technofascism and eugenics, consent, and best practices for sole proprietors.
STATEMENT: Eggcountability and Moving Forward, Together
Methods Report: Dr. Tex Collins on his time with the Next Generation Foresight Practioners
Kaiju Field Report No. 9: Five lessons for humanity from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) about the power of dance in our fight against fascism, unlearning anti-Indigenous racism, the importance of naps, the benefits of a strict hacky sack routine, and the fact that fascist regimes will destroy everything they can before accepting defeat.
Kaiju Field Report No. 10: Five lessons for humanity from Son of Godzilla (1967) about trusting children, the violence inherent in infinite scale, medicinal plant knowledge, play, and the fact that all of the children are our children.
Memo to Kaiju Mission Field Office: Name Change
Kaiju Field Report No. 11: Four lessons for humanity from Destroy All Monsters (1968) regarding the value of science over politics, being wary of dangerous individuals, the basic rights of our more-than-human neighbors, and manufactured consent for fascistic violence.

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

Kaiju Field Report No. 1 : Initial Findings
Kaiju Field Report No. 2: Seven themes fro understanding Godzilla 1954 (and therefore, ourselves)
Kaiju Field Report No. 3: On silence, experimentation, trust, and the fact that time and space are Big
Kaiju 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
Kaiju Field Report No. 5: Five lessons from Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) for humanity regarding greed, abolition, lifecycles, the virtue of being stubborn, and eggs
Kaiju 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
Kaiju 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.
Kaiju Field Report No. 8: Five lessons for humanity about trust and boundaries, consent and bodily autonomy, celebration, the dangers of technofascism and eugenics, consent, and best practices for sole proprietors.
Kaiju Field Report No. 9: Five lessons for humanity from Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) about the power of dance in our fight against fascism, unlearning anti-Indigenous racism, the importance of naps, the benefits of a strict hacky sack routine, and the fact that fascist regimes will destroy everything they can before accepting defeat.
Kaiju Field Report No. 10: Five lessons for humanity from Son of Godzilla (1967) about trusting children, the violence inherent in infinite scale, medicinal plant knowledge, play, and the fact that all of the children are our children.
Kaiju Field Report No. 11: Four lessons for humanity from Destroy All Monsters (1968) regarding the value of science over politics, being wary of dangerous individuals, the basic rights of our more-than-human neighbors, and manufactured consent for fascistic violence.