Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Missouri, Columbia/Understanding Intersectionality (Spring 2022)

In this course, we consider the historical and contemporary concepts and practices of several episodes in the U.S. and global world, relevant to movements toward feminist ideas and gender discourse. More importantly, this course will investigate how an intersectional perspective deepens an understanding of power within these contexts. Though readings will be drawn from a variety of disciplines, the course highlights the intellectual tradition of U.S. and transnational feminisms. Therefore, the course readings, drawing from primary sources, life stories and scholarly essays, investigates how people themselves make sense of their experiences in order to show how people not only imagined, but also applied liberatory practices. As we explore these, we examine the shifting understandings of social movements, of gender, and of activism. In our study, we will ask what is the theory of change imagined in each case study? How is resistance and liberation understood, and how is a movement constituted? Who is the subject of liberation and of the “social,” and how is difference imagined? An assumption in this course is that these are open questions, and that our own agency in shaping our futures derives from how we contribute to the ongoing mutability of gender, race, class, ability and sex. Furthermore, we will deepen our digital literacy skills with the help of the Wiki Education program.

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.)

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.

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 6
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

History

LGBT+ Studies

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 9
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 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!

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