Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/New College of Florida/Latin American Social Theory 2021 (Spring)

Through this course we seek to challenge the Eurocentric and USA-centric approach to social theory. We do this exploring the history of internal debates of Latin American social theory. We begin exploring what are epistemologies of the south. Then, we will simultaneously follow a chronological order and a thematic exploration. Chronologically, we will move from Indigenous belief systems, colonial experience and independence movements, through the current era. Thematically we explore race, ethnicity, gender, class, competing visions about the economy and political organization, technology and communications, and current debates surrounding decolonization/ decoloniality, “el buen vivir” (living well), and current challenges to sociological theory.

Student	Assigned	Reviewing
Oak313	Sumak Kawsay	Jorge Duany
Jake1023
MiamiChicana	Suyapa Portillo Villeda
Op.noah	La raza cósmica
Gaby otter77
Yamircb	Jorge Duany
TR CINCINNATUS

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings

Tuesday, 9 February 2021 | Friday, 12 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:

Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
Evaluating Wikipedia

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 3

Course meetings

Tuesday, 16 February 2021 | Friday, 19 February 2021

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Resource: What's a content gap?

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Choose possible topic(s)

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 | Friday, 26 February 2021

Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Assignment - Exercise: Copyedit

Copyedit an article

Resource: Sources and Plagiarism

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Assignment - Submit report in Canvas

Submit report outlining the gaps on your topic in Wikipedia and what you intend to contribute

Week 5

Course meetings

Tuesday, 2 March 2021 | Friday, 5 March 2021

Assignment - Exercise: Finalize Your Topic

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - Develop and Submit Bibliography in Canvas

Week 6

Course meetings

Tuesday, 9 March 2021 | Friday, 12 March 2021

Assignment - Begin reading sources, taking notes

Week 7

Course meetings

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 | Friday, 19 March 2021

In class - Continue reading sources & taking notes

Resource: Thinking about Wikipedia

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 | Friday, 26 March 2021

In class - Continue reading sources & taking notes

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

Biographies

Cultural Anthropology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings

Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | Friday, 2 April 2021

Assignment - Continue writing your contributions

Week 10

Course meetings

Tuesday, 6 April 2021 | Friday, 9 April 2021

Assignment - Submit Initial report of findings

Submit Initial report of findings for Wikipedia project (Explain what content you are adding, where this is happening, and include the content you intend to add.)

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

Tuesday, 13 April 2021 | Friday, 16 April 2021

Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

Milestones

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

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 12

Course meetings

Tuesday, 20 April 2021 | Friday, 23 April 2021

Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to 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.

In class - Clean up Wikipedia entry & develop reflection essay

Week 13

Course meetings

Tuesday, 27 April 2021 | Friday, 30 April 2021

In class - Clean up Wikipedia entry & develop reflection essay

Week 14

Course meetings

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 | Friday, 7 May 2021

Assignment - Initial full draft of your 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!

Week 15

Milestones

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

Assignment - Submit Wikipedia Project

Resource: Nominating your article

Nominating your article for Did You Know