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

My books are open! I help nonprofits, archives, museums, libraries, and creatives manage their IT systems, databases, websites, and media (working files, animations, A/V, infographics, fonts, licenses, comics). I'm looking for freelance/consulting work, but I'm also open to contract and part-time gigs.
Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com
Email me: danareijerkerk@gmail.com

• Reflections on Doing Art for the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam

  Posted on October 6, 2025

  My game jam is officially over! I did this specific jam last year and switched from writer to artist. I made most everything you see in the screen captured content including the UI menus, monsters, environment, VFX, and collectible trash. This post is about reflections on the jam! [Read More]

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  • Video Game
  • Animation
  • Game Jam

• Read My Chapter on Open Access Mandates and Indigenous Materials on Zenodo

  Posted on September 29, 2025

  I saw the Museum Computer Network took down the online interactive booklet with my book chapter on open access issues and Indigenous collection management so I deposited a copy in Zenodo. The chapter’s about open access policies, decolonization, and practical strategies for collection management: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17219710

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  • Research
  • Writing

• In the DecolFutures News - Game Jams, Art Critic Fellowships, And More

  Posted on September 19, 2025

  Come see a sneak peak at the WIP game build for my game jam and check out curated news on a paid art critic fellowship, remote collections volunteering, and mutual aid networks: https://decolfutures.beehiiv.com/p/20250919 [Read More]

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  • Newsletter

• Growing my Indie Developer Skills

  Posted on September 17, 2025

  I updated my portfolio and realized yet again that I do a lot of different, diverse data things. This year I focused more on developer projects so I added an entire page dedicated to video game development, but kept my other back-end and front-end developer work under “data projects.” I’m... [Read More]

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  • Video Game
  • Freelance

• Reflections on My 2025 Experimental Archives Conference Talk

  Posted on September 11, 2025

  Another talk done! This talk was about how AI in archives introduces a depersonalized mode of collection processing and interaction that sidelines human connection which ironically intensifies emotional labor demands. This theme of my research/writing explores the dichotomy between “new” tech that isn’t actually new and how it affects cultural... [Read More]

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  • Research
  • Public Speaking
  • AI
  • Archives

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