Evidence-based AI policy for creative economies in Latin America

You have arrived where
culture is measured
differently.

Atana reads Latin America's creative economies through every ruler at once — five national statistical systems, the international classifications, twelve years of administrative records, and the first revealed-usage data on AI — and treats their disagreements as the most valuable findings in the field.

How much culture does Brazil export?
US$ 410M customs goods, pure cultural chapters

All three are correct. Choosing between them is the policy debate — and knowing why they differ is the practice.

The method

Methodological pluralism

Every question is read through more than one lens. When the lenses agree, the finding is robust. When they disagree — that is the finding.

IFPI sees LATAM music
+17.1%
CISAC sees LATAM music
−0.6%

Same region. Same year. Opposite directions. Somewhere between the label and the songwriter, 17.7 points went missing — and Atana can tell you where.

The instrument

An open corpus no one else operates

Every published number is a reproducible SQL query, verified by script, against open data. The corpus is free forever — the reading of it is the practice.

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source schemas
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tables in SQL
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rows of cultural data
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UNESCO FCS 2025 domains

The harmonisation crosswalk: 91 classification codes from 16 measurement systems, mapped onto the 2025 UNESCO FCS spine — every definitional gap kept visible, never averaged away. The dashed cells are the gaps — visible on purpose.

The work

Atana Index

Two Creative Time Zones — 15 LATAM countries mapped by AI exposure × readiness. Vol 2 arrives with the first two-epistemology exposure read: expert ratings × revealed usage.

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Atana Notes

Short, verified, methodologically plural readings — from Brazilian Funk's authenticity paradox to the silent erosion of the cultural contract.

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Data Room

The full chart library, refreshed quarterly, with a private corpus slice integrated with your institution's own data.

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Bring the question your data can't answer alone.

Ministries, multilaterals and foundations engage Atana to know not just what the numbers say — but why the numbers disagree, and what to do about it.

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