visual art neocolonial data capital extraction model length: 6 circles Erica "ERN" Rivera (she/they) Oct 3, 2023 — 1 min read content/trigger warnings: depiction of neocolonialismVenn diagram titled "NEOCOLONIAL DATA CAPITAL EXTRACTION MODEL", the largest circle labeled "EVERYTHING". Bottom-right quarter of this circle has several overlapping circles, the largest labeled "WHAT GETS RESEARCHED BY ACADEMIA". Slightly smaller circle overlapping it at bottom-left is labeled "WHAT GETS MONETIZED BY CAPITALISTS". A similarly sized circle overlapping the two previous is labeled "PRODUCTS/SERVICES/KNOWLEDGE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL". Completely inside this circle and overlapping the two before it is a smaller oval labeled "DATA PRODUCED BY THE SUBALTERN AND SOCIALLY TRANSGRESSIVE". A dot inside this circle as well as all the previous ones has an arrow pointing to it labeled "THIS DIAGRAM". The smallest circle is labeled "THE SUBALTERN/SOCIALLY TRANSGRESSIVE" and overlaps all the previous ones, save for a sliver at right that remains outside all but the outermost circle. A dot inside this circle as well as all the previous ones has an arrow pointing to it labeled "ME". A dot inside this circle's extruding sliver has an arrow pointing to it, its label redacted, scratched out in black.