New Media Artist Records and Tools for Decolonial Mapping

A methodological package for the Decolonial Atlas, last updated in April 2026. It includes a multilingual taxonomy of digital and decolonial terms, Python scripts for querying Wikidata/Wikipedia, and CSV outputs for mapping. The package documents a process for identifying and mapping digital artists from a decolonial perspective.

Use Cases

• Build a multilingual taxonomy of digital art terms based on the provided text files.
• Query and enrich artist records from Wikidata/Wikipedia using the included Python scripts.
• Create geographic visualizations of artist distributions using the prepared CSV outputs for Google My Maps.
• Review and filter artist profiles from a decolonial perspective using the documented methodological process.

Strengths

• Includes a documented methodological process for curatorial review.
• Combines multiple file types (XML, PY, TXT, PNG, CSV) into a single package.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small at 392.5 KB, indicating a limited scope of raw data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Victor Murari.

Collection Method

Combines a multilingual taxonomy, Python scripts for querying Wikidata/Wikipedia, and prepared CSV outputs.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-26 14:52:59; freshness should be verified.