Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Scripps College/Introduction to Feminism, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Spring 2019)

This class introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Issues to be covered include: transnational, intersectional and antiracist approaches and methodologies; the social construction of gender and sexuality; the gender and sexual politics of everyday life; and the gender and sexual politics of colonialisms, imperialisms, nationalisms and decoloniality. Specific attention is paid to the contributions and critiques of feminist of color to feminist theory, methods, and activism.

The purpose of this assignment is to give students the opportunity to actively engage in the creation/maintenance of knowledge(s) focusing on feminism/feminist theory/feminist activism. Evaluating and editing a Wikipedia page will give students an opportunity to engage in public pedagogy.

Much in the same way Wikipedia democratized the information and knowledge contained within traditional encyclopedias and archives, public pedagogy seeks to disrupt disciplinary boundaries and challenge the traditional methods of knowledge production and dissemination within the academy. By incorporating research, theories, and ideas generated outside of academia, public pedagogy also challenges whose voices are privileged in the construction/production of knowledge. Finally, public pedagogy not only seeks to open the conversation between disciplines, but it also seeks to create a dialogue between subject and researcher; between those who traditionally construct research and knowledge and those who are traditionally the subject of research.

This project will allow students to practice traditional research skills and require them to utilize/develop their critical thinking skills while critically engaging a broader (mostly nonacademic) in topics and subjects they may not have the opportunity to explore outside of an academic setting.

Week 2
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

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

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.)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Art History

Biographies

Books

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Sociology

Women's Studies

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 6
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Copyedit an article

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8
Guiding framework

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.

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

Week 10
Nominating your article for Did You Know

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 12
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 13
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
Guiding questions

Week 16
Guiding questions

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