Making structured data more accessible with Kira Wisniewski

Are you curious about global majority feminist perspectives on internet infrastructure, anti-caste and anti-capitalist approaches to tech, and the vision of a truly multilingual, indigenous, and queer internet? Then this episode is for you! Join us as we delve into the decolonization of structured data in a conversation of Sunshine Fionah Komusana, #VisibleWikiWomen campaign coordinator, and Kira Wisniewski, Executive Director of Art+Feminism.

Kira shares insights from a workshop on making structured data a safe, reflective, and accurate space for queer communities. She highlights how Wikidata currently conflates gender and sex, posing a significant problem. As Kira reflects,

I honestly haven't had a lot of thought about structured data previously. So it was all really interesting for me to start thinking about, and you can see how it impacts so many different things and why it's so important.

Discover how biases in structured data can misrepresent women, particularly Black and Brown women, in image tagging. Join the conversation on the ongoing work of “cleaning up” these oppressions and the importance of continued dialogue to address these complex issues. Tune in, turn up the volume, and let’s ignite the flames of change together!