This essay is the outcome of the academic studio:
Research with
Non-human Informants: Archival Methods for Future Stories (2025 Fall)
in the Critical Inquiry Lab, Design Academy Eindhoven. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. The English version is a translated version from
the original Chinese text and edited for linguistic precision, readability, coherence, and print
optimization (rev. 12.2025). All images are courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted.
