About the Project
The same instrument that helps build also helps destroy. The boundary lies not in the analyst's intent, but in who comes to the data — and with what question. This is what makes the analysis of cultural infrastructure a discipline of its own.
What this is
The subject of CulturalBI's analysis is specific: the gap between what a community considers important and what its infrastructure actually produces.
CulturalBI analyzes cultural infrastructure — measurable institutional mechanisms: funding flows, distribution metrics, public opinion dynamics, talent development systems, patterns of institutional recognition.
Culture is a strategic resource. This infrastructure determines what gets produced, what gets distributed, and what remains in cultural memory. But it is not neutral: every community is organized around notions of the sacred and the profane — and infrastructure multiplies this norm, converting it into power.
The system of evaluation — what determines which narratives are considered legitimate — is formed in philosophical thought. But it is reproduced and transmitted only through infrastructure.
Method
Three levels of analysis — and only verifiable public data.
Trend. Polling data, institutional reporting, media economics. What is happening and where it is heading.
Mechanism. Personnel decisions, financial instruments, policy documents. Through what chain of institutional decisions the system arrived at its current state.
Source. Where the philosophical rift within the system of evaluation becomes visible in public data — and what produced it.
Who it's for
For those who build cultural infrastructure and fill it with narratives — and who need expertise on how this system works.
CulturalBI contributes to the inquiry: which narratives the infrastructure actually promotes, where the levers of influence are, and how to reach them. Decisions and the responsibility for them remain where they belong — with the community that has to live with the consequences.
Research Collaboration
Public reports are diagnostics: what is happening and why. Joint work goes further — and is possible in a limited number of projects where the interest is mutual.
First conversation — by request. Confidentiality by default.
What gets published
Analytical briefs and essays. Briefs capture structure and formulate structural conclusions from data. Essays offer authored analysis with an explicit position.
Topics: public opinion trajectories, distribution shifts, funding patterns, institutional changes. Each piece is sourced and translated into six languages.