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The article on Josh Faught is a well organized piece that speaks on his background and career as an artist. It contains a neutral standpoint as it mainly focuses on his style of art and the success he encountered. Although the article is quite informative, the information on Josh Faught can be perceived as an under-representation of his work as the editor doesn't acknowledge his success from more recent memories. Along with the facts that were given about Josh Faught, we were also given access to the origin of the information with a list of references at the bottom of the page. The links in the reference section were quite helpful as we gained direct access to Elissa Auther's "He is survived by his longtime companion: Feeling in the Work of Josh Faught", which speaks on the Faught's pieces, and his influence in the art world. Also appearing to be non-biased, the article gives information that is up to date but should be provided with newer references as most of the facts originate from the early 2010s time period. The article's talk page did not contain much conversation material but did provide an editor's wish to add more personal information on Josh Faught such as his personal beliefs, culture, and his work that related to the AIDs epidemic. This article is rated start-class and is a part of the WikiProject biography and visual arts. Compared to our class discussions, this article focuses more on the success of Mr. Faught but should also include more background information on his education and life before his interest in creating his unique art styles. What truly inspired Josh Faught to enter the scene of visionary art? ~

According to the article, Fiber Art: The Queer Kid on the Bus by Steven Frost, "approaches the impediments of feminism, hobby craft, and queer history with a sense of reverence and anxiety." His artwork represents the hardships of gay individuals and fiber artists to conform in our society while staying innovative. ~

Plague: Choosing a topic / Finding sources
In the article about Joseph J. Kinyoun, I plan to add more information on his influence on the National Institute of Health. As he is known as the founder of this organization, I plan to speak on his historical background and what led him to establish the NIH and his origins with the Hygienic Laboratory. ~

Sources:

E Âhrén. Taming Dreaded Diseases in the 1800s: Joseph Kinyoun, the Hygienic Laboratory, and the Origins of the NIH. (link is external) The NIH Catalyst 20(6), November-December 2012.

DM Morens, VA Harden, JK Houts, Jr., and AS Fauci. The Indispensable Forgotten Man: Joseph James Kinyoun and the Founding of the National Institutes of Health — August 2012

Draft Article: Joseph J. Kinyoun
As the founding father of the National Institute of Health, Joseph J. Kinyoun’s establishment of the Hygienic Laboratory in 1887 revolutionized research towards infectious diseases. It’s activity after World War II increased as they entered an unprecedented growth in the mid-1950s when their budget had a 40% annual increase. During the 1970s, they began their war on cancer as the National Cancer Act of 1971 helped the expansion on genetics, immunology, cell biology, and virology. Under the wing of his father, Kinyoun taught himself histology, pathology, and bacteriology by studying diseases like anthrax and swine plague. He then later studied under his colleague, Hermann Briggs, as he grew interests in the study of cholera. Although the Marine Hospital Service lacked a human health-oriented bacteriology laboratory, Kinyoun still took the MHS qualifying exam and took an open position that became available after being waitlisted. His time with the MHS soon led to the nation’s first federal bacteriology laboratory as the relocation of the Marine Society grew expansion for quarantine activities, which soon became the unofficial beginning the National Institutes of Health.

Asuguitan (talk) 04:07, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Draft Article: Josh Faught
Josh Faught’s influence on the AIDS epidemic is among the one of the more significant periods in his career as he used his artistic vision to voice the history of our nation’s dilemma. Along with his use of sculptures, textiles, collages, and paintings, his weave art was among the more popular pieces he’s created, using them to present queer history. In the article, Josh Faught Weaves Queer History and Pop Culture into Monumental Cozies, he speaks on a few art pieces that he has displayed in contemporary museums. He speaks about his art deriving from inspirations like the soap opera Passions and Belinda Carlisle’s 1978 album Heaven on Earth. He claims, “I wanted to do this thing where every year I watch a season [of Passions] and make something to house the season.” Faught used his interests in television and music to present the developing history of Seattle’s LGBT scene.

Asuguitan (talk) 07:58, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

The political and social impact of the San Francisco plague (Edited Draft)
The Marine Hospital Service was set as a station in San Francisco’s Angel Island where it served as the largest port on the West Coast. When Kinyoun trained as a MHS bacteriologist in the laboratories of Pasteur and Koch, he confirmed the diagnosis and identification of several additional cases of the plague among Chinatown residents. The local political and commercial transportation interests were split over the inspection issue. In the morning of Wong Chut King's death, the first victim of the plague epidemic, Kellogg’s utilized Kinyoun’s slides and tissue samples to quarantine the station's library, where he confirmed the tentative diagnosis, and injected infectious material into test subjects like guinea pigs, white rats, small monkeys. After a few days passed, the animals showed signs of improvement, which led him to conclude that his diagnosis was no longer certain.[7] In addition to health officials withdrawing from their responsibilities, the present overt racism catalyzed the a slow progression to containing the plague. With the root of the plague originating in Chinatown, the anti-Chinese sentiment was launched which set blame on the confined Chinese population. Since the cause of the plague could not be determined, the outbreak inhabited the name the Asian disease. In order to maintain control of it’s spread, Kinyoun placed quarantines in Chinatown, which prevented all Asians Americans from crossing state borders without approval from health inspection. Due to the social and economic conflict that quarantines provoked over the years, Chinese inhabitants lived in fear of military presence and their threats of compulsory vaccination. With the Residents of Chinatown threatened by quarantine, they hid their ill and deceased community members while public figures like Governor Henry Gage, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and major newspaper agencies, all denied the existence of the plague in San Francisco. Governor Gage took advantage of the rising fear of discrimination and helped the Chinese community bring lawsuits against Kinyoun for violating their civil rights. The judge ruled in favor of the claimant as the quarantine violated the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal protection.[8] In 1901, the Governor Gage targeted Kinyoun, the federal quarantine officer, for injecting infectious agents into Chinese corpses in order to fabricate the existence of the disease and create a plague epidemic. The State's major medical journals encountered media conflict as The Sacramento Bee supported Kinyoun and argued for public health battle against the outbreak, while The Chronicle and The Bulletin, was spearheading business interests and political gains.[9] Although he had to abort the quarantine in the early summer of 1900, Kinyoun and was ridiculed by the public but continued to send telegrams to health officers of neighboring states to urge precautionary action because of the epidemic. Eventually, Governor Gage made an agreement that the State of California would help fight the plague and stop attacking Kinyoun, if the federal government blocked any further mention of the outbreak and removed Kinyoun from San Francisco.

Asuguitan (talk) 20:03, 14 March 2018 (UTC)