Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Emily Carr University of Art and Design/AHIS 320 Introduction to Feminist, Gender and Cultural Theory (Spring 2021)

This course is an introduction to basic concepts of Intersectional Decolonial Anti-Racist Feminist and Gender Theory relevant to Cultural Studies in the areas of Art, Design, and Media. The contemporary and changing roles of gender, racialization, sexuality, ability etc. in art will be a persistent theme throughout. Students will learn about critical criteria, content analysis, the politics of representation and knowledge production, and basic consideration of a work’s structure in relation to the multiple and intersecting identities of viewers, readers, writers, and cultural producers.

Our interdisciplinary syllabus is made up of writings drawn from art history, intersectional feminist, queer, gender, sexuality, Indigenous, decolonial, and postcolonial studies. We will focus on developing our skills to critically analyze networks of representation and power traversing local and global(ized) contexts. Close attention will be paid to the structure of each text in relation to the multiple and intersecting identities of readers, writers, and cultural producers in the contemporary.

Students will asked to research and write content relating to feminist art history including theory, art movements, and artists.

Week 2
Welcome to our Wikipedia assignment's 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.)

 Contribute a minimum of two posts to our class blog over the course of the term. One should be a primary post and one should be written in response to a colleague. The purpose of this blog is to reflect on the research and writing process over the course of the term. Please see the Class Wiki Blog Assignment Portal for more information. 

Everyone must have a Wikipedia account by January 22

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
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

Art History

Biographies

Books

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Everyone has is now in the process of writing their article drafts.

Week 7
For how to publish your draft, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts#Publishing_a_draft

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.

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 10
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 11
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!

Now is a good time to refer to the Assignment Grading Rubric for your final work. Have a look at each of the categories for assessment and ensure that you are addressing these requirements and items.

Week 12
It's the Final Week to Develop Your Article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Review the Assignment Grading Rubric available on our Course Moodle Site.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 13
Refer to the Assignment Outline available on our Course Moodle Site and submit to the Moodle Assignment Portal by end of day on April 12.