Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Georgetown University/Culture, Medicine, and Gender (Spring 2019)

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Course name
Culture, Medicine, and Gender
Institution
Georgetown University
Instructor
Theodora Danylevich
Wikipedia Expert
Elysia (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's and Gender Studies
Course dates
2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-13 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


Our course examines the history of oppressive and harmful medical practices in relation to women and people of color. Examples include harmful stereotypes and preconceptions (hysteria, madwomen, schizophrenic activists, pain tolerance) and experimentation as well as non-consensual sterilization practices. Students will be working in groups of three. Entries drafted/edited will be more historical/cultural/conceptual. We will endeavor to stay away from Medical entries as we are a WGST course, not medical, and editing those articles entails more stringent rules. Though, students are not discouraged from doing so if this seems like the best article choice for the team.

Student Assigned Reviewing
LiberryCobbler
Gbe16 Sexism in Medicine Mental disorders and gender
Hcrand Chronic condition Mental disorders and gender
Adefr16 Ableism Bodymind
Sdragich Race and health in the United States Transgenerational trauma
Mhf55 Mental disorders and gender Sexism in Medicine
Pk628 Chronic condition Transgenerational trauma
Claudiaisabel15 Race and health in the United States Environmental Racism
Obianama Sexism in medicine Transgenerational trauma
Clee88 Bodymind Chronic condition
Laf78 Mental disorders and gender Sexism in Medicine
Mjn74 Bodymind Chronic condition
Karanungan888 Mental disorders and gender Environmental Racism
Ahs86 Bodymind Mental disorders and gender
NyanaMorgan Transgenerational trauma Bodymind
Kristine2016 Environmental Racism Race and health in the United States
Yaxeni Environmental racism Race and health in the United States
At1106 Transgenerational trauma Environmental Racism
Morrisal7116 Chronic condition Bodymind
Ok.htx7 Transgenerational trauma Sexism in medicine
Zxp09 Environmental racism Race and health in the United States
Rkr24 Race and health in the United States Mental disorders and gender
Megmccrady Ableism Chronic condition

Timeline

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 28 January 2019   |   Wednesday, 30 January 2019
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:

Milestones

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.

Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 4 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Even if you will NOT be editing or drafting an article on a health topic, do this module. It's just useful and also interesting.


Discuss and Assign Group Roles

All of you will contribute content and explore a little bit of each aspect of the process, but in each group one person can be responsible for checking references, one for editing and proofing, and one for structure and organization. It may be helpful to divide aspects of the topic between group members as well.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 11 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6


Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 20 February 2019   |   Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Milestones

This week is for doing your preliminary research and checking in with me and the librarian regarding any issues.


In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 25 February 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 11 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 13 March 2019

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 18 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 20 March 2019
In class -

 

 

This week we will be working in class together making sure everyone is up to speed and beginning to address the quesetions that they have set out to

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 25 March 2019   |   Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 1 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 8 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

It's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 15 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Assignment - Peer Review Activity

Go to Training Library and complete "peer review"


Assignment - Respond to Peer Review

See the Editing Wikipedia Handbook pages 12 and 14


In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

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.

Week 15

Course meetings
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
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!


Assignment - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 29 April 2019   |   Wednesday, 1 May 2019
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!
Milestones

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


Assignment - Written Reflection

Write up a reflection of your contribution to your group's collective effort. This can be 500 - 800 words. This will help you articulate what you did since as we all know by now, the substance of your work can often appear invisible when you look at the final contribution. Research can be humbling like that, but this helps you remember that you really did a lot of work.