I'm open to fully remote freelance/consulting, contract, and part-time gigs

My books are open! I’m looking for remote freelance and contract work doing database migrations, data assessments, digital projects, development/programming, digital asset management, analytics, or data storytelling.
Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com
Email me: danareijerkerk@gmail.com

• Featured in The Paper of Records February 2026 Issue

  Posted on February 20, 2026

  I’m in the news! My long-time colleague Kristen J. Nyitray and I are featured in the community news for The Paper of Records (newsletter for the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York). [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Research
  • Writing
  • Archives
  • ART
  • DAM
  • Cultural Heritage
  • DAM
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Freelance
  • Consulting

• I'm writing a book on Archives and the Politics of Tribal Sovereignty Violence in the US with Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited

  Posted on February 18, 2026

  I’ve got news. My book will explain how Archives repeat settler colonial fictions that maintain sources of sovereign power and impede archival efforts to decolonize core archival structures such as description, collecting, and intellectual property. I center archival recordkeeping as a colonial mechanism through which the US settler state reproduces... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited Book
  • Archives
  • Sovereignty Violence
  • Freelance
  • Research
  • Writing

• In the DecolFutures News - How Digitized Images are Representations and How Cloud-Based Technologies Work

  Posted on February 17, 2026

  Come get smarter about cloud-based tech (like databases), digitized images, and more in my newsletter: https://decolfutures.beehiiv.com/p/20260217 [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Newsletter
  • DAM
  • digital asset management
  • archives
  • digitization
  • AI
  • GenAI
  • cloud databases

• Why Documenting your Data Ecosystem is Important

  Posted on February 12, 2026

  Let’s talk about documentation. Whether it’s client work, group projects, or looking at your aunt’s personal finances, documentation matters. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • DAM
  • Data Ecosystems
  • Digital Projects
  • Freelance
  • Consulting
  • Client Work

• Recap of What I Learned at the DAM and Museums, Digital Preservation Summit 2026

  Posted on February 6, 2026

  I attended Henry Stewart Events’ virtual DAM and Museums/Digital Preservation Summit 2026 yesterday and here’s what I learned. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • DAM
  • GenAI
  • Freelance
  • Conferences

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