A Concise and Critical Art History of the Northwest Territories
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Abstract
This thesis offers a comprehensive exploration of the art systems in the Northwest Territories (NWT) and their evolution over time. It investigates how the history of promoting, exhibiting, and funding northern art has significantly shaped the current artistic climate for NWT artists. Through a multi-faceted approach, the research delves into the unique aesthetics of the NWT, examining the impact of materiality, critical craft theory, and the terminology used to categorize art and craft, and how these factors influence the reception of NWT art. \n \nThe thesis also analyzes the transformative event of the 1999 division of the NWT and Nunavut territories, which left an indelible mark on all aspects of northern life and played a pivotal role in shaping the visual identity of the North. A unique focus is placed on the development of Inuit art, tracing its historical trajectory and, notably, the findings from the carefully compiled resource, "Visual Arts in the Northwest Territories: A Timeline" (Appendix A), created during the course of this research. \nIn addition to historical and artistic analysis, the research provides an in-depth examination of the current NWT arts landscape. It investigates the intricate relationships between arts organizations, the local community, and cultural policy, highlighting their collective impact on the contemporary arts scene. Moreover, the thesis offers valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities that NWT artists confront in their creative endeavors within the territory today. \n \nIn summation, this thesis offers a nuanced and comprehensive view of the art history and current artistic environment in the Northwest Territories. It contributes to a deeper understanding of the region's distinctive artistic identity, the socio-political influences that have shaped it, and the challenges faced by NWT artists in the present day.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.012 | 0.010 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.008 | 0.004 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".