It was very interesting to visualize the patterns of our different music choices via Palladio. The interconnectedness of our names to the music choices kind of reflects how we are connected in the world. I think all of us were divided into four different communities based on how similar our song choices were.
Just by looking at the pattern, I could not tell why people chose a specific song. However, I did expect there to be some popular choices such as, Track 2: Kinds of Flowers, and Track 13: Panpies and Drum (Peru) that I knew most people would opt for just based on popularity or sound. The size of nodes for each track varied based on how many people picked it which was really helpful in determining which song was more popular. I think the most popular track in my community was Track 24: Flowing Streams.
Similarly, there were some less popular choices in the overall network of everyone who did the quiz. These include Track 9: Crane’s Nest and Track 16: Rite of Spring.
I could not tell the reasons behind other peoples’ choices in the overall network or my community until I looked through their blog posts. For some, it felt like geographical and cultural representation mattered more, and for some the choices completely relied upon how good they sounded. But overall, I think it mattered more to everyone that aliens get a holistic picture of our world rather than something that only encapsulates one culture, region, or area.