Makeda
Tadesse
Is an interdisciplinary artist and data storyteller focused on digital humanities and Black feminist theory. Found at this
intersection of data science and narrative research themes centered on exploring memory, refugee stories,
and ethnomusicology.
Makeda has an M.S. in Data Visualization from the Pratt Institute, with a dual-certificate in Digital Humanities and
Spatial Analysis. Currently, she is a Data Scientist at the Center for Black Digital Research.
She has previously worked as an Assistant Curator and Producer at Public Functionary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and continues to
curate exhibitions and facilitate relationships with artists in New York City.
Selected Works
All Projects →Neighborhood Corridor
An interactive project mapping the potential route refugees in 1989-1995 Ethiopia and Eritrea may have taken to Khartoum, Sudan, taking into account conflict zones and elevation. Part 2, Neighborhood Resurrection is ongoing and investigates the story of childhood best-friends that reunited after fleeing to different camps forty years later.
Tracking Ethnic Enclaves and English Language Adoption
A spatial analysis of Somali acculturation patterns in three distinct U.S. counties: Hennepin (Minnesota), Franklin (Ohio), and King (Washington)
Emotional Metadata: NLP Semantic Analysis
A toolkit for digital humanists and curators addressing the risk of artistic flattening in archival practice