Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Western Washington University/Latin American Liberation Theology and the Cold War (Spring 2022)

This course examines the intersection between Cold War politics, revolutions and counterrevolutions, and religious change in the late twentieth century. In doing so, it offers a broad overview of the conflicts and issues (class, racial, ethnic, gender, ideological) that marked Latin American nations and societies after the Second World War. We enter that world via the lens of religion, religious change, and religious activism.

In 1965, the Second Vatican Council came to a close. The four years of meetings had proposed a change in the way that the Catholic Church operated in the world. Latin American Catholics and Theologians, uneasy with persistent social inequalities and increasingly violent acts of state terrorism, began to write the body of work that would become Liberation Theology, or a Theology of Liberation. As a whole, they proposed that concerted action and activism by Catholics and allies could usher in a more just world if they addressed the social and structural sins of inequality, poverty, and violence. The shapes that Catholic activism took varied widely, including but not limited to: anti-poverty activism, community organizing, agrarian reform, indigenous rights, human rights, gender equality, advocacy for release of political prisoners, confronting military dictatorships.

The diversity of Catholic activism is thus ideal as a portal into Latin American society during the Cold War - where young revolutionaries imagined a world that could be otherwise and anti-communism justified unspeakable acts of terror and violence.

Week 1
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

Week 2
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 3
History

Week 5
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

Week 6
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7
Guiding framework

Week 8
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 9
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 10
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!

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

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