{"id":161,"date":"2026-03-18T21:20:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/?p=161"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T21:35:17","slug":"task9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/2026\/03\/18\/task9\/","title":{"rendered":"[9.2] Task 9: Network Assignment Using Golden Record Curation Quiz Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before beginning my analysis, I discovered a discrepancy in my data: while my blog post lists ten selections, my quiz response only included nine. I found that Track 4: Pygmy Girls&#8217; Initiation Song (Zaire) was inadvertently omitted. Interestingly, Track 4 was a niche choice selected by only three other participants, all of whom were placed in Modularity Class 2 or 3. This omission leads me to wonder whether my modularity class or my connections would have shifted if I had included this tenth track. However, I will proceed with the network data as generated for the purpose of this reflection, acknowledging this missing node in my personal dataset.<\/p>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Track No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Song Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Country \/ Continent<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 24<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,1,1,0\">Flowing Streams<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,1,2,0\">13<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,1,3,0\">China \/ Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 1<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2,1,0\">Brandenburg Concerto (First Movement)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2,2,0\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,2,3,0\">Germany \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 25<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,3,1,0\">Jaat Kahan Ho<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,3,2,0\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,3,3,0\">India \/ Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 7<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4,1,0\">Johnny B. Goode<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4,2,0\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,4,3,0\">USA \/ North America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 23<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,5,1,0\">Wedding song<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,5,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,5,3,0\">Peru \/ South America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 14<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,6,1,0\">Melancholy Blues<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,6,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,6,3,0\">USA \/ North America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 18<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,7,1,0\">Fifth Symphony (First Movement)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,7,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,7,3,0\">Germany \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 20<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,8,1,0\">Night Chant<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,8,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,8,3,0\">USA \/ North America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,9,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,9,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 11<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,9,1,0\">The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night aria)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,9,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,9,3,0\">Austria \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,10,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,10,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 12<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,10,1,0\">Tchakrulo<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,10,2,0\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,10,3,0\">Georgia \/ Europe (Eurasia)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,11,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,11,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 22<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,11,1,0\">Panpipes (Solomon Islands)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,11,2,0\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,11,3,0\">Solomon Islands \/ Oceania<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,12,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 6<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,12,1,0\">El Cascabel<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,12,2,0\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,12,3,0\">Mexico \/ North America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,13,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,13,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 3<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,13,1,0\">Percussion (Senegal)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,13,2,0\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,13,3,0\">Senegal \/ Africa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,14,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,14,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 15<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,14,1,0\">Bagpipes (Azerbaijan)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,14,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,14,3,0\">Azerbaijan \/ Asia (Eurasia)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,15,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,15,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 5<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,15,1,0\">Morning Star Devil Bird<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,15,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,15,3,0\">Australia \/ Oceania<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,16,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,16,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 2<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,16,1,0\">Kinds of Flowers<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,16,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,16,3,0\">Indonesia (Java) \/ Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,17,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,17,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 19<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,17,1,0\">Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,17,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,17,3,0\">Bulgaria \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,18,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,18,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 26<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,18,1,0\">Dark Was the Night<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,18,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,18,3,0\">USA \/ North America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,19,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,19,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 9<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,19,1,0\">Tsuru No Sugomori (Crane&#8217;s Nest)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,19,2,0\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,19,3,0\">Japan \/ Asia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,20,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,20,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 16<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,20,1,0\">Rite of Spring (Sacrificial Dance)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,20,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,20,3,0\">Russia \/ Europe (Eurasia)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,21,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,21,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 8<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,21,1,0\">Men&#8217;s House Song<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,21,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,21,3,0\">Papua New Guinea \/ Oceania<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,22,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,22,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 21<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,22,1,0\">The Fairie Round<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,22,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,22,3,0\">United Kingdom \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,23,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,23,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 4<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,23,1,0\">Pygmy Girls&#8217; Initiation Song<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,23,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,23,3,0\">Zaire (DR Congo) \/ Africa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,24,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,24,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 27<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,24,1,0\">String Quartet No. 13 in B flat<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,24,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,24,3,0\">Germany \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,25,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,25,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 17<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,25,1,0\">The Well-Tempered Clavier<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,25,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,25,3,0\">Germany \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,26,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,26,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 13<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,26,1,0\">Panpipes and Drum (Peru)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,26,2,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,26,3,0\">Peru \/ South America<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,27,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,27,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Track 10<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,27,1,0\">Gavotte en rondeaux<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,27,2,0\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"1,27,3,0\">Germany \/ Europe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Navigating Pre-existing Biases<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The curation for Task 8 is inherently shaped by the original bias of the Golden Record list. Out of 27 tracks, 10 are European, while South America and Africa are represented by only two tracks each. To analyze the representation and selection of our class, I calculated the preference-to-supply ratio to see how our class\u2019s choices deviated from the original distribution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table data-path-to-node=\"2\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Continent<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Original Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Count (A)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Original<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Selections (B)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Selection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Share (%)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Selection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intensity (B\/A) *<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Europe<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,1,0\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,2,0\">37.0%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,3,0\">59<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,4,0\">32.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,1,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,1,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">0.88<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Asia<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,1,0\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,2,0\">18.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,3,0\">45<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,4,0\">24.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">1.34<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">North America<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,1,0\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,2,0\">18.5%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,3,0\">44<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,4,0\">24.2%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,3,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,3,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">1.31<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Oceania<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,1,0\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,2,0\">11.1%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,3,0\">18<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,4,0\">9.9%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,4,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">0.89<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">South America<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,1,0\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,2,0\">7.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,3,0\">12<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,4,0\">6.6%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,5,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,5,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">0.89<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Africa<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,0\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,2,0\">7.4%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,3,0\">11<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,4,0\">6.0%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,6,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">0.81<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Total<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<td>182<\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<td><span data-path-to-node=\"2,7,5,0\">&#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b data-path-to-node=\"14,1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Selection Intensity (B\/A):<\/b> A value above 1.0 indicates that the track was selected more frequently than its original share. A value below 1.0 indicates the track was avoided or less preferred relative to its availability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I observed a clear shift: European tracks were relatively under-selected compared to the original list, while Asian and North American tracks saw a significant increase in selections. This suggests that many students consciously attempted to break the Eurocentric bias of the original record to curate a more diverse global selections, exercising their <strong>agency<\/strong> as music curators. However, it is worth noting that within Asia, Chinese and Indian tracks received the highest votes (13 and 11, respectively). I wonder if this reflects a different kind of bias, cultural familiarity within British Columbia or a global context, rather than a purely objective curation. Conversely, the already small share of African and South American music decreased further in our selection, raising the question of whether musical unfamiliarity acted as a barrier to inclusion.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Popular and the Marginalized<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Most Popular:<\/strong> <strong>Track 24 (Flowing Streams)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/2026\/03\/18\/task9\/image_track-24\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-167\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1725\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24.png 1725w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-24-1140x703.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1725px) 100vw, 1725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Track 24: Flowing Streams was chosen by 13 participants. While I expected a famous Western classical piece like the Brandenburg Concerto (which tied for 2nd) to be the most preferred, the high preference for Track 24 might be a statistical outcome of supply vs choice. With only five Asian tracks available, those seeking diversity naturally gravitated toward this piece. Interestingly, Group 1 consists entirely of those who did not choose this track. I investigated their blogs to find the reasons why they didn\u2019t select this piece, but I couldn\u2019t find any explicit justification.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Least Popular:<\/strong> <strong>Track 10 (Gavotte en rondeaux)<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-168\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1725\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10.png 1725w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/image_track-10-1140x703.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1725px) 100vw, 1725px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Track 10: Gavotte en rondeaux received only two votes. While we can assume this Bach piece was overlooked because multiple Bach tracks were available, the data cannot explain why these two individuals felt this particular piece was essential to their narrative. Upon reviewing their blogs, I found that their stated reasons for selection shared no significant connection. Yet, despite these differing internal logics, they share three common tracks and are clustered together in Group 3.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Deep Dive into Group 4<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/2026\/03\/18\/task9\/screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9-20-11-pm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-172\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1725\" height=\"1063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM.png 1725w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM-1024x631.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/files\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-18-at-9.20.11-PM-1140x703.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1725px) 100vw, 1725px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a member of Group 4,\u00a0 the only group with five members and the most densely connected cluster, I examined our network. While we appear as the most unified community in the visualization, our intentions were diverse:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sooyoung Y (Me):<\/strong> Focused on geographic balance, chronological evolution, and gender diversity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jason L:<\/strong> Focused on reflecting human technological progression.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clarie J:<\/strong> Reflected harmony between nature and humanity, influenced by a background as a cellist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eric W:<\/strong> Aimed for maximum variety in style and language, even at the cost of excluding personal favorites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joy Y:<\/strong> (Intentions unknown, as I was not able to find her blog post).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The visualization captures surface-level commonalities but erases our individual logic. Looking only at the graph, one might assume we shared a single rationale. This highlights a political implication of data grouping: the loss of individual agency. We are connected by the what, but we are disconnected by the why. Furthermore, the placement of Joy in our group remains a mystery; Joy shares no connections with the other four members on several tracks, yet remains clustered as group 4. In fact, Joy selected Track 16 along with Megan F. and Ellie K., both of whom are in Group 1. Based on shared track selections, Joy appears more closely linked to Group 1 except Track 24, the most popular track. This leads me to question the algorithm&#8217;s grouping criteria: was the primary requirement for Group 1 simply the exclusion of the highly popular Track 24?<\/p>\n<h3>Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>This network analysis is a powerful tool for showing modularity, but it is silent regarding intentions. The links and nodes reveal patterns of what, but they hardly capture the criteria of selection. Most importantly, this data fails to interpret the reasons why certain tracks were <em>not<\/em> chosen.<\/p>\n<p>The 17 tracks I did not choose carry as much of my identity and values as the 10 I did. Was a track excluded because it was redundant? Because it was too unfamiliar? The visualization treats a non-choice as a void, yet in the act of curation, exclusion is also a deliberate and political act. In the end, these visualizations show us the communities we have inadvertently formed, but they remind us that the most profound data, the human reasoning behind the click, may remain invisible to the algorithm.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gemini (Google, 2026) was used to refine the grammar, spelling, and overall clarity of this post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- notionvc: 1abff1d2-fe4c-4154-8fd3-c1c91899af23 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Before beginning my analysis, I discovered a discrepancy in my data: while my blog post lists ten selections, my quiz&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107837,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etec540"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/sooyoungyang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}