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Course name
GSFS 101
Institution
Oberlin College
Instructor
Rosalinda Linares
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
Course dates
2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
27


This assignment consists of several elements, each designed to compliment the in-class work we will be doing on epistemology (ways of knowing) and feminist perspectives on knowledge production. It involves several elements -- independent research on a particular woman and/or GSM (gender and/or sexual minority) of your choice; a class session with Rosalinda Linares at the Oberlin College Library intended to help students develop sound research strategies for finding, evaluating, and using biographical sources; a class session during which each student will be editing the Wikipedia article of the person they've chosen, based on their research; and a retrospective reflection essay. This dashboard will guide you through this process. Please direct your questions to Professor Miller.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Iz ro Danica Patrick
Steel500 Harvard Computers
Wbog Serena Williams
Ellammo Kate McKinnon
Koad Eddie Izzard
K8vp Suzanne Corkin
Takingmanoutofwoman96 Monica Jones (activist)
Npow Tina Fey
Sillysloth427 Noname (rapper)
Krocac Ashima Shiraishi
Mgs1234 J. K. Rowling, Louisa May Alcott
Eam922 La Malinche
Gsfs edits Stormé DeLarverie
Papergirl29 Taylor Swift
Purplepair34 Dorothy Dandridge
The only anya Dorothy Ashby
Noaoberman Vaginal Davis
EP1998 Dean Spade
Tesr1208 Kamala Harris
August127651 Jane Toppan
Creativitytakescourage Danica Roem
Amrosker Emily Warren Roebling
Moon shoes Miranda July
GyreSwing Nina Simone
Mdelta17 Lena Waithe
Ak312 Tara Strong
Zoeisabel19 Amandla Stenberg

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Thursday, 14 September 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

 Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. 


 Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page. 


 To get started, please review the following handouts: 


Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 September 2017   |   Thursday, 21 September 2017
Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia & Choose your Wikipedia article

STEP 1:


  • Login to your Wikipedia account and join this course page. 
  • Complete the two training modules below. 
  •  When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page. 

STEP 2:


  • Pick a person (a woman and/or GSM)
  • Complete the GSFS 101 Wikipedia Pre-assignment. You will be asked to provide the following:
    • Your name
    • Your Wikipedia username
    • Your Wikipedia article title & url
    • A short statement on your reasonings for your choice of article, and what you are intending to edit or change and why
Milestones

By the beginning of the first library session in Mudd on Thursday, September 21st, everyone will have created a Wikipedia account, chosen an article to edit, and completed the pre-assignment

In class - Library Session 1 (9/21)
Finding Resources

In our first library session (9/21), we will explore sources related to biographical research. You may bring your personal laptop to class, and/or/also we will have access to desktop computers and library laptops.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 September 2017   |   Thursday, 28 September 2017

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 October 2017   |   Thursday, 5 October 2017

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 October 2017   |   Thursday, 12 October 2017
In class - Library session 2 (10/12)
Add to an article

Come to class prepared to complete the following assignment:


  • Add at least 2 sentences to your assigned article, and cite each statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  • Add an additional 1-3 citations to existing statements in your assigned article.