Data Mining the Amazon: American Political Parties and Their CD Recommendations
Symposium:
- ISEA2002: 11th International Symposium on Electronic Art
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Session Title:
- Art and Spatial Environment
Presentation Title:
- Data Mining the Amazon: American Political Parties and Their CD Recommendations
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Abstract:
Literally applying the phrase “political aesthetics”, I decided to utilize the common distinction of American right-wing conservatives and left-wing liberals to expose what I assumed would be comically contrasting aesthetic sensibilities. I assumed that most people are as opinionated about music as they are about their politics. In other words, linking political books to their CD recommendations, my goal was to find a list of musicians that would best describe each political ideology.
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