Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Tufts University/The Howard School (Spring 2021)

This course is an introduction to new scholarship on what is now referred to as the Howard School of International Affairs. Focusing on race and empire in international relations, this course reexamines the ideas of Howard University academics Alain Locke, Ralph Bunche, Rayford Logan, Merze Tate, E. Franklin Frazier, and Eric Williams. Between the 1930s and 1950s, these scholars represented an African American (and Afro-Caribbean) internationalist tradition, and the only sustained critique of the hierarchy of the international system and the buttressing role played by race.

The course has a small enrollment of four students. All four will work together to collaboratively author a new Wikipedia article for the Howard School of International Affairs (similar perhaps to the article for the Chicago School of literary criticism). Students will also close read and critique existing articles for schools of scholarly thought, add a few sentences to existing biographical articles, and link the newly authored Howard School article with related articles. They will also write an accompanying reflection paper on knowledge construction in Wikipedia, connecting with course themes and readings on how erasure takes place in scholarly communities.

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' 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 7
Critique assignment instructions are on Canvas

Week 8
Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

History

Political Science

Assignment instructions on Canvas

Week 9
Assignment instructions on Canvas

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10
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

Assignment Instructions on Canvas

First draft due 4/15

Week 11
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.

Wiki Article Sections Assignment due 4/22

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
Time to submit it!