The Mennonite dialectic, a survey of the cultural and physical morphology of Steinbach
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The intent of this thesis is to demonstrate an understanding of the cultural and physical morphology of Steinbach, Manitoba, considering the influence of historical, theological, cultural and sociological transformations through time. The following dialogue is intended to reveal a unique Mennonite response to settlement, evident in the creation and formation of the Mennonite city of Steinbach, and guided by a combination of cultural, theological and economic inter-relationships. This thesis will uncover the evolution of the community from a traditional Mennonite agricultural settlement to a contemporary city. The goal is to promote a holistic understanding of human settlements, which recognizes built environments as cultural constructs. This study expands the understanding of place beyond its traditional conception as a social and historical manifestation, and acknowledges place as a cultural expression; an expression that embraces the dynamics of both time and society. This thesis also recognizes that the true nature of the community cannot solely be revealed through an objective investigation conducted, for the most part, external to the community. Therefore, the intent is to provide a basis for further study that engages the community and its members in a subjective manner. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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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 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.005 | 0.013 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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".