# Fiction and Cultural Precedents

**Workstream:** WS13 (see `ResearchProgram.md`)  
**Objective:** Conceptual laboratory, not evidence.

## Status

**Phase VI scan complete** (2026-08-12). See `conceptual-laboratory.md`.
Fiction informs definitions; never substitutes for empirical/theoretical evidence.

## Key questions

*(Pull from ResearchProgram.md and refine as work proceeds.)*

## Sources

Link entries from `sources/bibliography.md` and notes under
`sources/source-notes/`.

## Notes

Working notes and interim syntheses for this research area live in this directory.