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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant source

Option 1:

Article Title: Robert Henry Codrington

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henry_Codrington

Article Evaluation:

This article is classified as a “start-class” article. It has a nice start, so it could easily be expanded upon. It would be good to add a section that really focuses on who Robert Henry Codrington was and about his life, sort of like a biography. One thing that the article does lack is a focused section on what he did whilst studying the Melanesian people, and how his presence as an Anglican missionary impacted his writings. His works are still studied and considered classics of ethnography, so it would be interesting to have an analysis of those works in relation to his ethnographical work. This article could use a few more sources, as well.

Sources:

·       Codrington, Robert Henry. “Religious Beliefs and Practices in Melanesia.” The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 10 (1881): 261–316. https://doi.org/10.2307/2841527. (While this is a primary source, it would be good to use for quotes and a direct look into how his missionary work impacted his ethnographical work.)

·       NASH, JOSHUA. “Melanesian Mission Place Names on Norfolk Island.” The Journal of Pacific History 47, no. 4 (2012): 475–89. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41999443.

·       Davidson, Allan K. “The Legacy of Robert Henry Codrington.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research. Vol. 27, No. 4 (October 2003): 171 – 176

Bibliographic Information:

1.      Davidson, Allan K. "The Legacy of Robert Henry Codrington." International Bulletin of Missionary Research. Oct 2003, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p. 171-176. full text.

2.     ^ The Melanesians. Robert Codrington Option 2:

Article Title: Ford Collection Sarcophagi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Collection_sarcophagi

Article Evaluation:

This article is classified as a “start-class” article. I think it could benefit from a section on an explanation as to what the Ford Collection sarcophagi is, instead of just mentioning why it’s called what it is. There is no background information on the sarcophagi as artifacts. There could be more detail on the American Presbyterian Mission School. A section on the people involved in the finding of the sarcophagi would also be a really good addition to the article. There aren’t many sources listed, so that would be another area to expand on.

Sources:

·      Lapuente, P et al. “Addressing the Controversial Origin of the Marble Source Used in the Phoenician Anthropoid Sarcophagi of Gadir (Cadiz, Spain).” Archaeometry 63.3 (2021): 467–480. Web.

·       Beling, Willard A. “Education in a Lebanese Town.” History of Education Journal 6, no. 2 (1955): 192–98. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3659088.

·      N/A. “In Beirut, the Past Re-Emerges.” nationthailand, April 15, 2021. https://www.nationthailand.com/lifestyle/30299181.

Bibliographic Information:

·       Editio princeps: Charles Cutler Torrey. “A Phoenician Necropolis at Sidon” The Annual of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, vol. 1, 1919, pp. 1–27.

1.    ^ Surviving the test of time: "The highlight of the National Museum of Beirut is its collection of anthropoid sarcophagi"

2.    ^ ''(.pdf). Retrieved April 16, 2008''

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Option 3:

Article Title: Berndt Museum of Anthropology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berndt_Museum_of_Anthropology

Article Evaluation:

Overall, I think that this article is well-written, as it is a “c-class” article. It has good bones and could easily be expanded upon. The article is concise and easy to read; the flow of the information is seamless. Of course, it could benefit from adding different images (maybe directly linked to the museum website?) and diversifying the voices used to speak about the museum. It would be a cool idea to do some research on how the museum’s efforts have been received by the public, maybe some first impressions of the Berndt family’s involvement in the preservation of Australian Aboriginal history, or how those opinions have changed over the years as there has been a shift in mindset favoring repatriation. This is an objectively important topic, as we (as a society) need to work towards the preservation of Indigenous/Aboriginal histories, and this article deserves to be worked on so that all this information is more easily accessible. It’s a well-developed article – it just needs a bit more information and pizzazz.

Sources:

·       Smith, Terry. “Public Art between Cultures: The Aboriginal Memorial, Aboriginality, and Nationality in Australia.” Critical Inquiry. 27, No. 4 (Summer 2001): 629

·       Stanton, John E. “The Berndt Museum of Anthropology at the University of Western Australia.” Pacific Arts, no. 11/12 (1995): 56–62. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23409734.

·       Gray, Geoffrey. “The invisible gaze of whiteness: The (white) anthropology of Ronald Berndt and Catherine Berndt.” Historicising Whiteness, University of Melbourne. 22-24 November 2006. https://www.academia.edu/2291917/The_invisible_gaze_of_whiteness_The_white_anthropology_of_Ronald_Berndt_and_Catherine_Berndt (This is a professor’s personal opinion, but I think a good argument is made here, and it could be important to bring this sentiment to light.)

Bibliographic Information:

1.      . Retrieved 13 May 2017

2.     ^ Collections Australia Network archived at Pandora. Retrieved 6 January 2015

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Option 4:

Article Title: Coffin of Nedjemankh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_of_Nedjemankh

Article Evaluation:

This is a well-written article, but it could use some bulking up. For example, there is a physical description of the coffin, but there isn’t any information on the cultural history of the coffin or the body that once inhabited it. Something fantastic about this article is the section on the coffin’s provenance, as well as the item’s return to Egypt. I think it could be really interesting to add a section on how this item is situated within the scope of Egyptian repatriation efforts. There aren’t many sources listed for this article, so it would be a good idea to add a few more, especially since this article is so closely tied to two different WikiProjects. I think it would also be beneficial to start a talk page for this article to start a dialogue.

Sources (Chicago Style):

·       Nedjemankh and His Gilded Coffin Exhibition / https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/nedjemankh-gilded-coffin

·      Moynihan, Colin. “Met Museum to Return Prize Artifact Because It Was Stolen.” The New York Times. The New York Times, February 16, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/arts/design/met-museum-stolen-coffin.html.

·      Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth. “Making The Met, 1870-2020: A Universal Museum for the 21st Century.” American Journal of Archaeology. 125, no. 2 (2020): 319-330. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.3764/aja.125.2.0319

Bibliographic Information:

1.      Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2.     ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Moynihan 2019.

3.     ^ Jump up to:a b c Metropolitan Museum of Art base.

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Option 5:

Article Title: Albert Hall Museum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hall_Museum

Article Evaluation:

I think this is an interesting topic. This article has a nice foundation that could easily be built upon. The section on the history of the museum could be expanded upon by adding more information on the involvement of Samuel Swinton Jacob and how it’s representative of British colonialism. The section on the collection is surprisingly small considering the rich, artistic history of India. I think this would be a really great place for expansion, even just by adding some information about the photos featured in the gallery! There aren’t many sources referenced, so it definitely needs a few more.

Sources (Chicago Style):

·       Choi, Tina Young. “THE LATE-VICTORIAN HISTORIES OF INDIAN ART OBJECTS: POLITICS AND AESTHETICS IN JAIPUR’S ALBERT HALL MUSEUM.” Victorian Literature and Culture 41, no. 2 (2013): 199–217. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24575696.

·       Ray, Sugata. “Colonial Frames, ‘Native’ Claims: The Jaipur Economic and Industrial Museum.” The Art Bulletin 96, no. 2 (2014): 196–212. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43188872. (Even though this is a different institution, I feel the parallels here could be interesting)

·       Callahan, Raymond. “SERVANTS OF THE RAJ: The Jacob Family in India, 1817-1926.” Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 56, no. 225 (1978): 4–24. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44223189.

Bibliographic Information:

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