Amy’s post is here.
Hi Amy,
Like you, I chose to use geography and cultural diversity as curating factors for the Golden Record, so I thought it would be interesting to compare our final choices. Here’s a quick visual I sketched to understand the selections:
70% of our choices were the same; however, we diverged on three track selections. The secondary criteria for curation we both had were entirely dissimilar, which could presumably explain the differences. You cited the range of human emotions expressed in music as a decisive factor, and I claimed a preference for tribal sounds over classical ones.
Of course, the Venn diagram I sketched is a ‘logic diagram’ used to explain the logical relationships between sets of things. In retrospect, I speak for myself when I say, I picked the tracks I liked, first, and then applied my stated criteria to them. So a Venn diagram is perhaps not the most useful tool to understanding why I like certain music over others.
The entire exercise also takes me back to the first statement made at the start of this Module (8.1 Why digitize? Digitize what?): “Texts are promoted through time for many reasons that may have little to do with any inherent quality.” So often I think I am ‘neutral,’ but in reality, far from it.