This vocabulary was developed as part of the EU-funded project DE-BIAS - Detecting and cur(at)ing harmful language in cultural heritage collections (2023/2024) and is used by the DE-BIAS tool for detecting bias in metadata. It consists of contentious terms in English, Dutch, German, French, and Italian accompanied by contextual descriptions, suggestions for reflection and alternative wording, and the reference to the sources. Focusing primarily on migration and colonial history, gender and sexual identity, and ethnicity and ethno-religious identity, it was developed with community input and extensive research. It serves as a living document to evolve with societal discourse. The model of this vocabulary is based on the Words Matter Knowledge Graph by Cultural AI. More information and the complete application profile can be found on the project website: https://pro.europeana.eu/page/the-de-bias-vocabulary.
Content note: Readers are advised that this document contains distressing words.
