Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Sarah Lawrence College/Histories of Modern and Contemporary Art, 1955 - Present (Fall 2020)

This year-long course is an introduction to modern and contemporary art from 1860 to the present, focusing on its histories and counter-histories. In the fall semester, we will explore Eurocentric modernist histories of art in Europe and North America, investigating how artists responded to a world ravaged by fascism, colonialism, and war; altered by industry, technology, and rationalized forms of labor; and tested by shifting national, ethnic, and gendered identities. What representational strategies did artists use to respond to these upheavals? How is the history of Western avant-gardist art also one of colonization and cultural appropriation? The course serves as an introduction to the historical avant-gardes in the United States, Mexico, and Europe – including Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Constructivism, Vorticism, Dada, Surrealism, Muralism, the Harlem Renaissance, and Abstract Expressionism – and to alternative modernisms that fall outside the canon, including so-called “outsider” art, queer modernisms, and modernisms in India, Japan, and Latin America, and art by marginalized artists. Seminars will entail close discussions of case studies of artists responding to a dominant modernism, as well as methodological debates about decentering the canon.

The Fall 2020 semester will culminate in a Wikipedia assignment where students will create and edit Wikipedia articles about underrepresented artists.

Week 6
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' workspaces.

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

Resources:

Slides from Session 1

Editing Wikipedia

Wikipedia and the production of knowledge

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.)

In Class Exercise: Add 3-5 citations for your article to your Sandbox


Wikipedia Subject Guides:
Art History

Biographies

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Sarah Lawrence Resources:
SLC Art History Libguide

Art History Databases

Other Pages Written by Sarah Lawrence Students:
Lisa Rose Myers

Amina Benbouchta

Emma Kohlmann

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Week 9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13
Resource:  Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Meet in groups of 3, to each read a different article in that group:

Groups: 1: Henry Abrams, Julia Berman, Ellis Bishop; 2: Meaghan Bonds, Gabriella Brakke, Sophie Chen; 3: Shannon Coon, Haley Cummings, Lillian Dabe; 4: Mary DeSouza, Margaret Duffy, Anya Ernst; 5: Mikkie Gilford, Brooklynn Golinvaux, Gabrielle Gonzalez; 6: May Higginbotham, Leon Hou, Brennan Jones; 7: Megan Kang, Talia Kedem, Jess Kelly; 8: Morgana Knopoff, Jonathan Li, Claudia Lopez-Ona; 9: Morgan Lui, Lucia Marra, Audrey McGonagle; 10: Margaret McGuinness, Mason Miller, Sarah Morse; 11: Navya Naveen, Mariana Ossenkop, Sasha Pinchuk; 12: Sebastian Rodriguez, Olaf Saaf, Adrienne Samuels; 13: Michael Sawyer, Anna Schechter, Jane Scheiber; 14: Natalie Taylor, Avery Warsaw, Zihan Wen; 15: Hannah Wendel, Lola Wilcox, Zhiwei Wu, Eddie Yoffee.

Send your Pair Peer Review Groups:

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

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.

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 15
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.