Field notes by Jonathan Dries — economist, reluctant tourist, observer of the structures that hold ordinary life together. This is an archive of raw observations from the places I’ve been: the people, stories, and patterns that exist before they become statistics. What is lo-fi ethnography?


  • The AtlasNavigate the map. Click a pin. Read a field note.

  • Field NotesChronological dispatches from the road.

  • ThreadsRecurring patterns found across borders.


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Coming soon — the first field notes are being written.


Low fidelity photos. High fidelity stories.