Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New College of Florida/Latin American Social Theory 2023 (Spring 2023)

Through this course we seek to challenge the Eurocentric and USA-centric approach to social theory. We do this exploring the history of internal debates of Latin American social theory. We begin exploring what are epistemologies of the south. Then, we will simultaneously follow a chronological order and a thematic exploration. Chronologically, we will move from Indigenous belief systems, colonial experience and independence movements, through the current era. Thematically we explore race, ethnicity, gender, class, competing visions about the economy and political organization, technology and communications, and current debates surrounding decolonization/ decoloniality, “el buen vivir” (living well), and current challenges to sociological theory.

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 2
What's a content gap?

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 3
Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Submit report outlining the gaps on your topic in Wikipedia and what you intend to contribute

Week 6
Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 7
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

Biographies

Sociology

LGBT+ Studies

Political Science

Women's Studies

History

Cultural Anthropology

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9
Submit Initial report of findings for Wikipedia project ( Explain what content you are adding, where this is happening, and include the content you intend to add. )

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
Guiding framework

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

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.

Exercise
Add links to your article

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 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.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

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

Nominating your article for Did You Know