MúsicaCL: Chilean music as collective memory

Music is not only a set of tracks or artists. It is also a social system: collaborations, venues, genres, audiences, production teams, memories, platforms, and scenes that evolve over time.

MúsicaCL starts from that idea. The site is a public output of collective memory and cultural analytics work: how computational social science can help map Chilean music as a cultural network, connecting data about repertoires, influence, attention, and collaboration. This is close to our work on collective memory: some songs, artists, and scenes remain visible for decades, while others disappear from public attention even when they shaped a community.

The aim is both analytical and creative. Better cultural data can help us understand how scenes form, how attention circulates, and how local creative ecosystems can be made more visible.

Explore the output at musicacl.criss-lab.com.