As matter-of-fact as any list may appear at first glance, it is always shaped by the interests it implicitly represents. Those…
As matter-of-fact as any list may appear at first glance, it is always shaped by the interests it implicitly represents. Those who want to create order will either reproduce existing orders, as in Forbes World’s Billionaires List, or attempt to create new ones, as in the case of electoral lists. This is why each list is not only itself a form of culture, but in turn, forms culture in sociopolitical terms.
Kristoffer Cornils, “On the History of the Playlist.” In Listen to Lists, edited by Lina Brion and Detlef Diederichsen, 17-32. Berlin: Haus der Kulturen der Welt. 2021.