CULTURETECHLENSThe Knowledge Graph
334 entities. 260 mapped relationships. Every record carries its evidence and its grade.
This graph holds what the record holds — not what an algorithm thinks you want. The Afro pick is the most documented object in the graph and the least looked up. That is the finding.
The record at a glance
| Held | Count |
|---|---|
| Entities (people, places, organizations, churches, businesses, events, works) | 334 |
| Mapped relationships | 260 |
| Verified against the graph | October 2, 2026 |
| License | CC BY 4.0 |
Grading rules
- Evidence before authority. Every entity and edge cites its sources; claims are graded Verified, Provisional, or Disputed, and downgrades stay on the record.
- Unknowns never become zero. An undocumented subject is reported as undocumented, never as absent.
- Append-only. The graph corrects by adding, not by quietly rewriting; earlier versions stay inspectable.
Use it
- Public mirror: github.com/culturetechlens/culturetechlens-knowledge-graph
- Research repository: github.com/culturetechlens-cpu/culturetechlens-research
- Citable edition: Zenodo, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23081630
- Browse by type: the entity directory (334 records)
Cite this dataset
- Chicago (bibliography): CultureTechLens. The Knowledge Graph. Chicago: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23081630.
- APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). The Knowledge Graph [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23081630
- MLA: CultureTechLens. The Knowledge Graph. 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23081630.
What is in it
The graph holds the subjects of the archive — people, neighborhoods, organizations, venues, schools, businesses, churches, events, and practices — connected by mapped relationships: who founded what, what stood where, which institution trained which generation. It grows toward 1,500 entities on the road to an institution-grade record of roughly 5,000. Start from a subject: search the archive, walk the dossiers, or read how the pieces rank in the Index.
Trust & evidence
Evidence before authority. CultureTechLens publishes its methods, its limits, and its corrections alongside its findings. Claims carry grades — VERIFIED, SUPPORTED, PROVISIONAL, DISPUTED, UNRESOLVED — and unknowns are never reported as zero.
Every claim graded. Every source named. Every correction public — none to date.