In this audio essay Sophie Hope inquires into the digital while thinking about processes of evaluation. 

She addresses two questions. Firstly, how and why do people in the arts understand what they do? Secondly, who speaks and who listens? 

There are 5 parts to this audio essay: 

Part 1: Intro; 

Part 2: Key terms;

Part 3: Data is king; 

Part 4: Data discrimination;

Part 5: Big data and Cultural democracy.