This paper explores the evolution of Italian hip-hop from the 1990s to the early 2000s by combining social network analysis, computational linguistics, and qualitative methods to investigate how collaboration structures shape cultural expression. Drawing on a dataset of tracks from several influential albums, a collaboration network of artists has been built though Gephi, revealing distinct...
Max Weber observed that both material and ideal interests govern human conduct, but left underdeveloped the structural mechanisms through which they operate. This paper addresses that gap by integrating belief structures into Elementary Theory (ET), a formal network approach grounded in the structural modeling of power. While ET effectively explains strategic action in terms of material...
A fundamental challenge in the sociology of taste is reconciling our intuitive yet often “fuzzy” understanding of musical genres and social categories with traditional methods that depend on clear categories and central tendencies. This research addresses this issue by applying relational (dual projection methods for two modern networks) and geometric (stacked Correspondence Analysis)...
