Data “What the night used to be” - Montreal

Project: “What the night used to be”: YouTube and live music videos as digital heritage of the urban night. The case of Montreal

Comment: A first exploratory sample of data was collected through the use of the keyword “live music montreal” in YT in order to get a general picture. The results were filtered alternatively by view counts and relevance. A second sample was collected based on iconic independent venues in Montreal: La Sala Rossa and Casa del Popolo (both are owned by the same local company, founded in 2000 by Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s band member Mauro Pezzente).The sample corresponds to a total of 21 videos that I collected and analysed until saturation (Saunders et al, 2018). The data collection was not restricted to a specific timeframe, as heritage is supposed to last. Eventually, the live events broadcasted in the sample ranged from 1979 to 2019. All the research was conducted through a private window, so my personal navigation preferences didn’t interfere.