Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Northeastern University/Digital Feminisms (Spring 2021)

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Course name
Digital Feminisms
Institution
Northeastern University
Instructor
Gloria Sutton
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's Studies
Course dates
2021-01-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-04-21 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
35


Digital Feminisms will explore the unique ways that feminist activism and theory are impacted by the increasing digital nature of our world. Course materials will cover feminist engagement with the internet, new media, and technological innovations from the late 70s to the present. Students will engage with the strengths and challenges that digital media create for feminist theory and activism. A particular focus will be on how digital technology has been taken up within feminist visual art practices and contemporary analysis of gender and identity in the age of artificial intelligence.

Student Assigned Reviewing
TJScalzo Queer heterosexuality, Claudette Colvin Christine Sun Kim, Ratatouille the Musical
Erinsalomon Dr. Natasha A. Greene Preferred gender pronoun, Bang Hai Ja, Abuse during childbirth, Christine Sun Kim
Kellychen927 ELIZA effect, Fluxus, Shigeko Kubota, Nye Ffarrabas, Lee Lozano, Cady Noland, Mona Hatoum, Cornelia Parker, Electronic music Feminism in China, Hello Girls
Mac1151 Women's pornography Hee Sook Lee, Missing and murdered Indigenous women
Afitz7 Abuse during childbirth Colorism in the Caribbean, Queer heterosexuality
Clouds90210 Hello Girls Judson Gallery, Birgit Rausing
Taylorstevens12 Preferred gender pronoun Ruth Batson, Master of the Female Half-Lengths
Tong.sa-24 Briana King Abuse during childbirth, Blanche Barrow
Oliviabinder Maria Elena Foronda Farro Portrayal of women scientists in film, Euphemia Haynes
Bridgetsheppeck Womxn, Ayna Sultanova
Alexakapoor Dr. Nanaefua Afoh-Manin Iris Mitgang, ELIZA effect
Lucasoreilly Catherine Flon, Shonda Rhimes
Wendychou.neu Sex-positive feminism Feminism in Greece, Fluxus
Laurenboudreaux21 Dorothy Roberts, Nye Ffarrabas
Jalfield Ruth Batson, Lisa Nakamura Sex robot, Portrayal of women scientists in film
Shetty.in Pink tax, Eugenic feminism Sylvia Ardyn Boone, North–South divide in the World
Nancylii Feminism in China, LGBT rights in China Sex-positive feminism, Claudette Colvin
Stark.ni Blanche Barrow, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Sempronia (sister of the Gracchi) Dr. Natasha A. Greene, Shigeko Kubota
Meklite16 Women's health in Ethiopia Lisa Nakamura, Ratatouille the Musical
Ejpark0111 Hee Sook Lee, Bang Hai Ja, 박혜린 Killing the Black Body, Preferred gender pronoun
Ohirsch2024 Shonda Rhimes 박혜린, Bang Hai Ja
Bridgetfoote Colleen Quigley Feminism in China, Hello Girls
Megananhdao Prom (film), Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl (season 6), Gossip Girl (season 1), Gossip Girl (season 2) Hee Sook Lee, Missing and murdered Indigenous women
Textavour Killing the Black Body, North–South divide in the World, Maternal death, Maternal mortality in the United States, Black maternal mortality in the United States Queer heterosexuality, Judson Gallery
Maddyheymann The F-Word (blog), Feminism in Israel, Feminism in Bangladesh, Buddhist feminism, Christian feminism Colorism in the Caribbean, Ruth Batson
Maryia17 Iris Mitgang Birgit Rausing, Master of the Female Half-Lengths
Papalkayak Diversity in computing Abuse during childbirth, Blanche Barrow
Faiabdu Women in Lebanon Portrayal of women scientists in film, Euphemia Haynes
JacksonFA Sociology of gender Womxn, Ayna Sultanova
Oliviaolcott Christine Sun Kim, Gallaudet University Iris Mitgang, ELIZA effect
Alexjacullo Portrayal of women scientists in film Catherine Flon, Shonda Rhimes
Sudmathur Genevieve Guenther Feminism in Greece, Fluxus
Msiopy Feminism in Greece, Ratatouille the Musical, Martha's Vineyard Sign Language, Gallaudet University Christine Sun Kim, Women's pornography
123Hannahc123 Abigail A. Salyers Dorothy Roberts, Nye Ffarrabas

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


Assignment - Get started on 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 8 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


In class - Discussion

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 22 February 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Assignment - Add to an article
Assignment - Exercise

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 1 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

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


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 8 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 15 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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

Course meetings
Monday, 22 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 29 March 2021   |   Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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 12

Course meetings
Monday, 5 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Assignment - Polish your work

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

Course meetings
Monday, 12 April 2021   |   Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Assignment - Final article

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!


In class - In-class presentation

Week 14

Milestones

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