Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Colorado Boulder/Indigenous Rhetorics (Fall)

This graduate seminar considers the growing worldwide significance of Indigenous cultural politics and how Indigenous communities mobilize rhetorical and discursive tools to actively oppose oppression and create sustainable futures. It works to understand the development of the rhetoric of indigeneity as an aspect of our times that must be examined through a number of different rhetorical formations. This course explores scholarship in a range of disciplines from rhetorical studies, rhetoric &amp; composition, Native American &amp; Indigenous Studies, critical ethnic studies, decolonial studies, etc. Drawing from various thematic contexts this exploration charts a wide array of Indigenous rhetorics in order to analyze the scope and significance of such theories, methodologies, communities particularly as they relate to the politics of decolonization.

Wikipedia: Editing or New entry in Indigenous Rhetorics: This assignment asks you to either edit an existing Wikipedia entry or draft a new one about an issue or topic of your choosing that relates to our seminar. You are encouraged to draw on the sources we use in class, as well as any additional, reliable academic sources you find, in order to work on your entry. You are also encouraged to focus on a topic that relies on community-based research. The goal of this assignment is to help address issues associated with Wikipedia. While millions of people turn to it for information, studies have shown that Wikipedia content is biased based on the large proportion of its authors and editors who tend to be English-speaking, middle and upper class men, living in majority-Christian countries in the Global North. There are, for instance, far more biographical entries of men than women on Wikipedia.

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

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 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
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

Books

Cultural Anthropology

Environmental Sciences

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

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

Week 8
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 10
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 11
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 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!

Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

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