Jamie’s post is here.
Hi Jamie,
I enjoyed reading your post on this task for several reasons. First, because it was so different from my approach, and second, I learnt a lot from your interpretation of the quiz data. I found the Palladio program confusing when first assigned this task and couldn’t get as far deciphering it, so it was helpful to see how you understood it. After reading your post, I played with it again, and it made much more sense! From the perspective you set up, it seems my choices were not as ‘mainstream’ as others.
Though I got a better handle on reading the data thanks to you, my original reflection on understanding the human reasoning behind them remains the same: hard to gauge from the data alone. I can see from your post’s ‘Political Implications‘ section that you are of a similar mind.
Does the fact that my selection is not as mainstream as the rest of the group’s imply that I have little in common with the group? Not at all. Does it indicate I have a vastly different musical taste from the rest of the group? Not necessarily. You have stated aptly that “misinterpreting data can lead to misrepresenting people.”
Your final comments on the original record tracks and how and why they were selected take me back to my original post on this task. As well as the map from Module 8.1 that visualizes documents available through the Internet Archive demonstrates an uneven and limited representation of certain parts of the world over others, in almost every mainstream realm, digital or otherwise.