CRAFT Documentation Lab / Field Research

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Document what the hands know.

Capture practitioner testimony, process activities and evidence in a consistent research record.

Researcher profile

Who is documenting?

Full name

Student / researcher ID

InstitutionEmail

Technique record

What are you studying?

CRAFT technique ID

Technique name

LocationPractitioner name / preferred attributionResearch session ID

Tools · Materials · Workspace

What makes the work possible?

Document each tool and material as a distinct object. Link its use to an activity in the process record.

Tool name / local name

Tool function and use

Tool construction, provenance, maintenance and adaptationPrimary tools (inventory)Secondary toolsPrimary materialsSecondary materialsMaterial provenance and sourcingMaterial preparationMaterial properties and tacit judgmentsMaterial challenges and substitutionsWorkspace arrangement, environment and safety

Embodied and sensory knowledge

What cannot be learned from words alone?

Key gestures and tool manipulationBody position, posture and movementHaptic intelligence — pressure, resistance, textureVisual intelligence — color, shape, surface cuesTemporal intelligence — rhythm, timing, pacingCritical judgments and decision cuesCommon errors, correction and adaptationQuality indicators and practitioner standardsMotion capture priority

Practitioner · Context · Transmission

Understand the living practice.

Community, location and cultural functionHistory, origins and local terminologyHow knowledge is taught, learned and transmittedTraining and apprenticeship observationsContemporary use, innovation and viabilityConsent, attribution, intellectual property and restrictionsPractitioner feedback / verification status

Depository compatibility

CRAFT 59-field record

All canonical Depository fields are available below. Unanswered fields remain blank, rather than being inferred. This is a capture workspace, not an automatic verified Depository import.

Process documentation

Record the activities.

Build a whole-process schema with individual activities, decision points, branches, and parallel actions. Record what was actually observed versus practitioner-reported.

Whole-process overviewProcess structure (branches, loops, parallel actions)

Activity nameWhat happens? How is it performed?Tools and materials used in this activityGesture, sensory cue or decision at this activityWhat happens next?

Choose the activityWhat determines what happens next?

No activity codes needed. You can organize or correct the sequence later.

Evidence status

Evidence register

Connect the recordings.

Register media filenames and associate them with a process activity. This preview does not upload or store the actual photos/videos.

Original filenameAssociated activityEvidence typeObservation statusNotes

Research package

Export your fieldwork.

Download a structured JSON record. Keep your original recordings separately and upload them to your project Google Drive folder.

Google Drive research folder (optional)

This opens your chosen folder for manual upload. It does not grant Fieldnote access or automatically transfer files.

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