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The KARAGODIN® Investigation method has been formalized as STEPINQUEST®

STEPINQUEST^® is a literary, narrative, and investigative framework that can operate both autonomously and within other forms — extending them and introducing operational depth.

The framework describes the investigative “engine” in a structured form, enabling its application beyond any specific case, topic, or temporal boundary.

The methodology is formalized in the STEPINQUEST^® White Paper, where its principles and structure are defined. A corresponding academic article has been submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal.

STEPINQUEST^® is not a theoretical construct but a documented practice. The KARAGODIN^® Investigation serves as its first implementation.

The framework is open for use, testing, and further development.

Метод Расследования КАРАГОДИНА® формализован в STEPINQUEST®

In English

Новый литературный и расследовательский жанр, способный работать как автономно, так и внутри других форм — расширяя их и придавая им операционную глубину.

Метод Расследования КАРАГОДИНА^® формализован в STEPINQUEST^® — самостоятельный расследовательский жанр, который на русский язык наиболее точно можно перевести как “пошаговое расследование”.

Фактически в нём описан «движок» расследования — так, что теперь любой желающий может взять его за основу и запустить на его базе собственное расследование, не ограничиваясь ни темой, ни временными рамками.

Само название объединяет два смысла: step — шаг, последовательное движение; и inquest — устоявшийся юридический термин, обозначающий официальный сбор юридически значимых материалов и доказательств об обстоятельствах смерти. В нашем случае step — это ещё и отсылка к имени Степан Карагодин, расследованию убийства которого и посвящено Расследование КАРАГОДИНА^®.

STEPINQUEST®: Narrative as Action — An Investigative Narrative Form (Submitted for Peer Review)

An academic article titled “STEPINQUEST^®: Narrative as Action — An Investigative Narrative Form” has been developed from the STEPINQUEST^® White Paper.

The article defines STEPINQUEST^® as an investigative narrative genre in which narration operates as a form of action, integrating evidence, narrative, and institutional engagement into a continuous process.

The manuscript has been submitted to an international peer-reviewed journal and is currently under review.

The STEPINQUEST® White Paper Released

Today I published the STEPINQUEST^® White Paper.

This document introduces a narrative genre developed through more than a decade of sustained conceptual and practical work. It emerges from direct engagement with complex structures of evidence, narrative form, and institutional processes, and from a long effort to understand how investigation can operate within these structures — and act upon them.

STEPINQUEST^® is defined as an investigative narrative genre. It also establishes a conceptual, methodological, and operational framework through which this genre can be applied in practice. In STEPINQUEST^®, narration does not merely represent events, but functions as an active component of the investigative process itself.