Dana Reijerkerk
@decolfutures.bsky.social
Data Consultant, FullStack Developer, Freelance DAM | XP with system migrations, creating apps, games, and more | current video game is Don't Talk To Me | email: [email protected] | Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com/
Saw the full game on steam today and fell in love: store.steampowered.com/app/4723300/...
August 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Saw the full game on steam today and fell in love: store.steampowered.com/app/4723300/...
How can freelancers navigate this sector? What do freelance services look like in archives? And how do we make new connections and find more work? medium.com/metropolitan...
How to Make a Living Freelancing in Archives
by Dana Reijerkerk, Data Consultant | Freelance Digital Asset Manager | FullStack Developer
medium.com
July 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
How can freelancers navigate this sector? What do freelance services look like in archives? And how do we make new connections and find more work? medium.com/metropolitan...
I'm speaking at the @vra.bsky.social conference in October about the goals and advocacy work for still image authenticity in cultural heritage that I'm involved in with the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG). Registration opened this week: member.vraweb.org/public/event...
July 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I'm speaking at the @vra.bsky.social conference in October about the goals and advocacy work for still image authenticity in cultural heritage that I'm involved in with the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG). Registration opened this week: member.vraweb.org/public/event...
Book chapter two is turned in!
July 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Book chapter two is turned in!
July 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
For me, summer is a time of waiting. I have several projects, bids, and articles pending. I'm super excited to show them off! Remember to enjoy yourself this season and hang out with friends. #DAM #DigitalAssetManagement #Archives #CulturalHeritage #2d #art
June 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
For me, summer is a time of waiting. I have several projects, bids, and articles pending. I'm super excited to show them off! Remember to enjoy yourself this season and hang out with friends. #DAM #DigitalAssetManagement #Archives #CulturalHeritage #2d #art
I'm chilling with the birds this summer, but my books are open for projects for July/August 2026. Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #datamigrations #culturalheritage #DAM
June 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I'm chilling with the birds this summer, but my books are open for projects for July/August 2026. Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #datamigrations #culturalheritage #DAM
Wondering how we can work together? Here's how! 📅My books are open for projects for July/August 2026.
Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #DAM #archives #culturalheritage #openforwork
Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #DAM #archives #culturalheritage #openforwork
June 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Wondering how we can work together? Here's how! 📅My books are open for projects for July/August 2026.
Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #DAM #archives #culturalheritage #openforwork
Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #DAM #archives #culturalheritage #openforwork
I went to the Manhattan Film Festival for book research to see the premiere of You're No Indian. I'm on the 2nd chapter of my book - about hegemonic colonial logics underlying how the US government uses archives as a mechanism for sovereignty violence to perpetuate setter state fictions as fact.
June 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I went to the Manhattan Film Festival for book research to see the premiere of You're No Indian. I'm on the 2nd chapter of my book - about hegemonic colonial logics underlying how the US government uses archives as a mechanism for sovereignty violence to perpetuate setter state fictions as fact.
When you're doing a lot of work behind the scenes, it can feel like you're not getting much done. What in the world are you working on?
June 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
When you're doing a lot of work behind the scenes, it can feel like you're not getting much done. What in the world are you working on?
Cool conference with cool people hating on the AI hype. There's pervasive pressure by vendors/leadership to use "AI" in all operations. What does that mean? Why is it said like it's inevitable? Nothing is inevitable. That is settler colonial logic.
June 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Cool conference with cool people hating on the AI hype. There's pervasive pressure by vendors/leadership to use "AI" in all operations. What does that mean? Why is it said like it's inevitable? Nothing is inevitable. That is settler colonial logic.
The Billy Joel Symposium is over! I was LIVE (unbelievable, I know) and IN PERSON at this event with my longtime colleague, Kristen J. Nyitray. I love that the conference program put my Caw doodle in.
June 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The Billy Joel Symposium is over! I was LIVE (unbelievable, I know) and IN PERSON at this event with my longtime colleague, Kristen J. Nyitray. I love that the conference program put my Caw doodle in.
I'm in the news! I'm writing a book on US Archives and Sovereignty Violence with Bloomsbury that comes out in 2027. It's about how archives are used by the US settler state to enact sovereign violence against its Indigenous peoples.
May 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
I'm in the news! I'm writing a book on US Archives and Sovereignty Violence with Bloomsbury that comes out in 2027. It's about how archives are used by the US settler state to enact sovereign violence against its Indigenous peoples.
🌟We're a month away from my first in person conference talk in 2 years!!!🌟My paper/talk argues that Billy Joel's song "Vienna" operates as a counter-temporal, affective archive within algorithmically paced life for Gen Zers. See the full program/register: www.limusichalloffame.org/billy-joel-s...
May 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
🌟We're a month away from my first in person conference talk in 2 years!!!🌟My paper/talk argues that Billy Joel's song "Vienna" operates as a counter-temporal, affective archive within algorithmically paced life for Gen Zers. See the full program/register: www.limusichalloffame.org/billy-joel-s...
Another day, another room in our data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is working as a freelancer.
May 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Another day, another room in our data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is working as a freelancer.
Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "when you ask data related questions to leadership." A 10/10 spooky room. Will haunt us all forever.
April 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "when you ask data related questions to leadership." A 10/10 spooky room. Will haunt us all forever.
Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "networking" with emphasis on the quotes. Networking is about making social connections, not career counseling.
April 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "networking" with emphasis on the quotes. Networking is about making social connections, not career counseling.
Read my latest article: digitalassetmanagementnews.org/special-features/faith-in-the-dam-interface-dana-reijerkerk-on-ai-trust-and-cultural-heritage
Faith in the DAM Interface: Dana Reijerkerk on AI, Trust and Cultural Heritage
This recent contribution from DAM Manager and data consultant Dana Reijerkerk examines a pressing and timely question in the cultural heritage sector: as AI increasingly shapes the workflows and inter...
digitalassetmanagementnews.org
April 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
How much should you charge for digital asset manager and other freelance data services? Your rates are your rates. Only you know your finances. But here's some ideas on what to charge based on day rates of freelancers in creative industries.
April 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
How much should you charge for digital asset manager and other freelance data services? Your rates are your rates. Only you know your finances. But here's some ideas on what to charge based on day rates of freelancers in creative industries.
Chapter one of my book, "Archives and The Politics of Sovereignty Violence," is done!! I rage-wrote a good chunk on some of the real-time acts of sovereignty violence that the US government is committing against its citizens (e.g. ICE, Epstein Files Cover-Up, mass firings across cultural heritage).
April 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Chapter one of my book, "Archives and The Politics of Sovereignty Violence," is done!! I rage-wrote a good chunk on some of the real-time acts of sovereignty violence that the US government is committing against its citizens (e.g. ICE, Epstein Files Cover-Up, mass firings across cultural heritage).
WIP storyboard for the video game's opening. Still on the fence on how I want to design the DM who'll show up as the narrator in the tv commercial. I'll probably test this for keyframe animation in godot too. #dnd #indiegame #gamedev #storyboard #2dart #godot
March 29, 2026 at 12:29 PM
WIP storyboard for the video game's opening. Still on the fence on how I want to design the DM who'll show up as the narrator in the tv commercial. I'll probably test this for keyframe animation in godot too. #dnd #indiegame #gamedev #storyboard #2dart #godot