The methodological framework and core principles of STEPINQUEST® — a narrative-based investigative approach — are now accessible to French-peaking audiences.
This expansion introduces the method into contexts marked by dispersed archives, fragmented responsibilities, and recurring interruptions in investigative continuity.
Across many Francophone African contexts, extensive bodies of evidence already exist: archives related to political and administrative violence, testimonies, documentation from conflict situations, institutional reports, investigative journalism, and independent research. Yet these materials often remain dispersed — visible, but not operational.
Evidence appears, circulates, and then is interrupted.
Within this landscape, STEPINQUEST® offers a different approach — one that does not simply reveal or document, but organizes evidence as an active and continuous process. By structuring investigation step by step, incorporating institutional interactions, and sustaining circulation over time, it enables knowledge to move beyond exposure and begin to operate.
The French version has been incorporated into the official STEPINQUEST® White Paper and is available in PDF format for global access.
Read the Portuguese version:
STEPINQUEST®: Quand les preuves cessent de produire des conséquences, l’enquête doit devenir processus.
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