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\"Class<\/p>\n

How Similarly or Not Were We Grouped?<\/h2>\n

From just the class section data, I was grouped with Carla<\/a>, Tanya<\/a>, Emily<\/a>, and Rebecca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Class<\/p>\n

I noticed that all of Tanya’s choices are also choices that at least one other person selected. I had the most singularities.<\/p>\n

Exploring the Rationale For Our Choices<\/h3>\n

I think that Carla, Tanya, Emily, and Rebecca are more closely aligned in their selection criteria than I was. However, in the end, we all made similar decisions based on the perceptions of sounds and feelings.<\/p>\n

Carla:\u00a0<\/strong>I was impressed that Carla’s selection was able to cover each of the continents. She chose songs based on how evocative they are and the sorted them based on her personal preference. I think if I used this method, I would have a similar experience to Brian<\/a> where I’m surprised by the choices.<\/p>\n

Tanya:\u00a0<\/strong>Tanya’s overarching criteria were diversity of emotion and cultural inclusion. Similar to me, she also had to cull songs she liked for multi-cultural representation. I think my approach<\/a> ends up being very similar to Tanya’s, but with the order switched. I started by organizing the data into continents and then started selecting within each of these pools.<\/p>\n

Emily:\u00a0<\/strong>Emily’s approach is similar to Carla’s in that she chose songs with a personal connection, memory, connections, and desires to be happy and present. She went into more in-depth research for some of the songs (e.g., Queen of the Night) which influenced her decisions. Like Emily, I also noticed that researching some of the songs was a rather selective experience because we can only really search for information in languages that we’re familiar with. Thinking back to Boroditsky’s comment<\/a> that language shapes thought, I don’t know if the meaning or background of some of the songs can be effectively translated or if this was even recorded.<\/p>\n

Rebecca:\u00a0<\/strong>Rebecca’s approach is like a mix of everyone else’s in this group. She made selections based on title, story, culture, and uniqueness to represent emotions, and variety in music. A difficult task is picking between different songs! Rebecca and I both had a process of selecting songs based on what was previously selected. In this case, determining exclusion based on what was already included was a personally and culturally value laden process.<\/p>\n

I think what really stands out about Emily, Rebecca, and Tanya’s approach is that they chose to curate based on human emotions and stories. This concept ended up trickling into my selection process towards the end when I realized that a “friendly” soundtrack wouldn’t necessarily capture the human experience.<\/p>\n

Ungrouping Ourselves<\/h2>\n

When comparing the entire class, Carla, Tanya, Emily, and Rebecca remain grouped together! I get put into a new group with Valerie<\/a>, Matthew<\/a>, Allison<\/a>, Patricia, Janice<\/a>, and Heidi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Whole<\/p>\n

Initially, I thought that my original assumptions that there was a stronger link between my section quartet which is why I got put into a different group when there is a larger sample size.<\/p>\n

With this larger group, I noticed that Matthew does have a similar curation approach to me. He did it based on populous representation (immediately including India–Jaat Kahan Ho and China–Flowing Streams) and then spread out across the world. However, I’m only observing that the visualization is not able to capture the reasons for our curation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Grouping Ourselves Based on Strategy<\/h2>\n

I might group Andrew<\/a>, Carla<\/a>, Daniella<\/a>, and Brian<\/a> because they essentially chose songs that they like. Emily<\/a> and Valerie<\/a> could be put together because their criteria was related to happiness and dancing.<\/p>\n

I think my strategy group would be:<\/p>\n