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Cultural Trends in Music: A Statistical Look at Genre Shifts
Genre labels are assigned by artists, labels, platforms and listeners, and they blur. Here is why that complicates any claim about musical change over time.
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Arts, Music and Travel
What can be said about taste, listening and travel behaviour.
Cultural Trends in Art: A Statistical Look at Street Art
Street art is informal, often unauthorised and short-lived, so it resists tidy counting. Learn how it is documented and what such records can and cannot show.
Cultural Trends in Travel: A Statistical Look at Cultural Immersion
What does immersive travel mean, how does it differ from sightseeing, and how do visitors describe it? A cautious look at an idea that is hard to measure.
The Evolution of Music Consumption: A Numerical Breakdown of Streaming Habits
What streaming services record about listening, and how playlists and algorithms shape what looks like personal taste. Context for reading streaming data.
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