in 2007, worker, inc. saw a need for the documentation of everyday items existing in
the american landscape and created the division “neighborhood residents resources ethnography studies unit.” not because these items are special or important (that does not matter), but because
it is the opinion of the NRRESU that people have learned to “tune out” some of the more banal items in the landscape. the work of the NRRESU celebrates these items, bringing them to the forefront of our consciousness. so far, three pamphlets have been created – a checklist of the commercials during ncaa men’s basketball tournament, a checklist of the automobiles of midtown Tucson, and a field guide to the convenience stores of tucson.
obtained from actual research, all of the information in the pamphlets is true and factual. these checklists give us a glimpse of what is out there on the street, what we humans are creating, absorbing,and disseminating.

future work by the neighborhood residents resources ethnography studies unit include a checklist of
the signs in midtown tucson, a field guide to the parking lots of downtown tucson, and compare and contrast!: various map overlays.