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Record W7117308818 · doi:10.47659/mj-v10id355

In Sight and Site

2025· article· W7117308818 on OpenAlexaff
Lauren Howard

Bibliographic record

VenueMembrana – Journal of Photography Theory and Visual Culture · 2025
Typearticle
Language
FieldPsychology
TopicMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration
Canadian institutionsYork University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsInscribed figureSightPhotographySilenceIdentity (music)Through-the-lens metering

Abstract

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In a world where historical memory and collective trauma are etched into the very fabric of our environments, photography serves as a critical medium for exploring how identity is shaped by the sites we inhabit and the sights we encounter. This article analyzes Hrair Sarkissian Execution Squares, a photographic series depicting empty squares where violent executions once took place. Through stark, unpopulated landscapes, Sarkissian compels viewers to confront the hidden traumas embedded in these sites, where absence and silence speak volumes about the violence that once unfolded there. Analyzing Execution Squares through the lens of placiality, this study investigates how photography reveals the ways trauma is inscribed in place, ultimately shaping both personal and collective identities. Through this analysis, the photographs become poignant reminders of how trauma lingers in both sites and sight, at once influencing our relationship with space, memory, and the self.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not 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.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.017
Threshold uncertainty score0.058

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0050.016
Scholarly communication0.0070.007
Open science0.0010.006
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0170.001

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.

Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.323
Teacher spread0.312 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreOther

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".

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