Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Claremont Graduate University/Cultural Studies, Activism and Social Justice (Fall)

The course will begin with European political theory from the nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, beginning with Marx and Engels, through Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault and trace how these ideas have become influential in the development of the field of Cultural Studies and contemporary scholarship. We will pay particular attention to scholarship and activism around Black Lives Matter, police and prison abolition, Transgender, immigrant and indigenous issues. We are also talking about the &quot;politics of citation&quot; and the way that academic citational practices are important ways to call attention to underrepresented issues and scholars. I would like to use the Wikipedia assignments to have students evaluate the Wikipedia landscape, edit and produce original pages for topics related to the themes of the course.

Week 1
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 5
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 7
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Biographies

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 8
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 9
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 12
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 13
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 14
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.