Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Colby College/Critical Race Feminisms and Tap Dance (Spring)

An introduction to critical race feminism and tap dance. Students will learn about the history of tap dance in the United States and abroad, black feminist thought, the concept of intersectionality, and the hypervisibility of raced bodies. Students will learn to perform and name basic tap skills and the &quot;shim sham shimmy,&quot; a dance historically performed by African-American female tap dancers in Harlem; to perform a visual cultural analysis; to understand and think critically about concepts from critical race theory, black feminist thought, and feminist performance theory; and to know the history of tap dance and its significance to racial politics in the United States.

On wikipedia, students will be creating/editing tap dancer biographies--with a special emphasis on Black performers, and female performers.

Week 2
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

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
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 3
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.)

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 4
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.

Week 6
Discuss your research so far and draw from course materials to analyze your sources. You must draw from at least 2 course texts.

o    Your paper can address:

1)       how far you’ve come on researching your tap dancer

a.        primary sources? Images? Bibliography?

2)       Any difficulties you are running into

3)       Your thoughts on the contribution of your Wikipedia page

4)       “reading” images of bodies in motion

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 8
continue writing your article

Week 9
Meet with me in office hours to discuss your page

Week 10
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!

Week 11
Draft due

Week 13
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.

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!

Short essay discussing the wikipedia assignment. You must relate to at least 2 course texts.