Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/The University of Oklahoma /Contemporary Feminist Thought (Fall 2018)

Contemporary Feminism Thought is characterized by shifting boarders. On the one hand, contemporary feminism is framed by culture, race, ethnicity, nation, relationship to power, etc. On the other hand, traditional belief in women’s empowerment, voice, agency, freedom from oppression, and equality act as a wire that attempts to connect the lives of women across the world even as contemporary feminist theorists grapple with the very concept of “woman”. As theory and strategy for social movement, contemporary feminist thought recognizes the difference embedded in the lived experiences of women from around the world while at the same time working to build cross-border solidarity within and between various communities. After taking this course students should be able to:


 * 1) understand and deploy critiques of Western feminism
 * 2) analyze the lived experiences of non-western women and communities of color as they define feminism from their own context
 * 3) be conversant with critical epistemologies
 * 4) engage theories of subjectivity and otherness
 * 5) discuss intersectionality and be able to apply intersectionality in ways that are historically and contextually accurate
 * 6) have grounding in emergent areas of contemporary feminist theories

Students will be responsible for 5000 character portions of new pages or amendments to existing pages connected to course content.

Week 7
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.

Exercise
Evaluate an article

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Week 9
Choose your topic / Find your sources

What's a content gap?

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Women's Studies

Exercise
Add a citation

Week 11
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 12
Guiding framework

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

Week 13
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

Nominating your article for Did You Know

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.

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 15
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!

Guiding questions

Week 16
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.