Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Rutgers University - Newark/Anthropology Through Film (Fall 2020)

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Course name
Anthropology Through Film
Institution
Rutgers University - Newark
Instructor
Carol Henderson
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Films
Course dates
2020-09-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
35


Anthropology Through Film introduces basic concepts of ethnographic film and links film content to models and methods of anthropology. Students will become familiar with and be able to describe the emergence of the genre of anthropological film, its key characteristics, ethics, and methods. They will discover how diverse communicative modes engage with visual content to deliver culturally-mediated messages. Students in the course learn to apply these models to identify the diverse perspectives involved in the production, consumption, and constitution of the "anthropological eye. As the course develops, they increasingly will evaluate visual data to discover the extent to which visual media communicate anthropological insights in contrast to other forms of knowledge productions so that they can plan and justify visual media.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Gbayronn Legacy of the Spirits Man Without Pigs
Samsteen11 The Nuer Legacy of the Spirits, The nuer
Areum45 El Sebou: Egyptian Birth Ritual Amazon Journal
GurjotS01 A Wife among Wives
Nm673 A Wife among Wives The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez
Sd1174 The Kirghiz of Afghanistan A Wife among Wives
Amw323 Releasing the Spirits The Women's Olamal: the Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony
Ding132 Man Without Pigs The Nuer
Mikann1218 Eunuchs: India's Third Gender The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
Eshafer45 The Women's Olamal: the Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony A Kalahari Family: Standing Tall
Leev99 The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez Eunuchs: India's Third Gender
Thenryel A Kalahari Family: Standing Tall Releasing the Spirits
Alexjohn2297 Amazon Journal El Sebou: Egyptian Birth Ritual

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 September 2020   |   Friday, 11 September 2020   |   Saturday, 12 September 2020
In class - Overview of Basics and Methods

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.  The guiding principle is to jump right in and get started!  

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.)


In class - Wikipedia assignment blog

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 September 2020   |   Friday, 18 September 2020   |   Saturday, 19 September 2020
Assignment - Mapping Sources and Basics of Editing

We will share what we find out about evaluating articles in Blog 3. 


In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 September 2020   |   Friday, 25 September 2020   |   Saturday, 26 September 2020
Assignment - Culture, Agency, Ethics
Reporting Aspects of Health and Psychology
Assignment - Exercise
In class - Discussion

Keep these questions in mind and jot notes based on what we've learned from surveying our films database in class, in looking at existing Wikipedia articles, and our films list as preparation for our next Blog assignment.


Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Psychology

Women's Studies

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 September 2020   |   Friday, 2 October 2020   |   Saturday, 3 October 2020
Assignment - Setting up a New Article in the Sandbox

We will use our sandboxes.  Goals include:  adding the outline structure to the article draft; drafting a lead for the article, and adding at least two bibliographic references that are from anthropology journals or edited books from academic publishers.  It will look rough at this point. That's okay!

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 7 October 2020   |   Friday, 9 October 2020   |   Saturday, 10 October 2020
Assignment - Communicating about a Film
Creating Content

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

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.  We get further into the process by working on the film synopsis (description of the story arc) and collecting notes in our Sandboxes on production and the background to the film.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 October 2020   |   Friday, 16 October 2020   |   Saturday, 17 October 2020
Assignment - Crowdsourcing and the Editor's Eye

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Questions asked will be related to regular Discussion and Blog topics.

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed. Looking with fresh eyes at an article gives insight. Use what we've learned to date in the course to spot possible improvements to the article's specificity, tone, and content.

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 21 October 2020   |   Friday, 23 October 2020   |   Saturday, 24 October 2020
Assignment - Integrating Wider Contexts and Representations

There's an old saying that "you can't edit yourself."  Fresh eyes spot what's needed!  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.  Possibly feedback gives you an idea to improve.  Add at least two changes to your draft based on the feedback.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 28 October 2020   |   Friday, 30 October 2020   |   Saturday, 31 October 2020
Assignment - Growing From Sandbox to Wikipedia Mainspace

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."   We carefully move our work, a few sentences at a time, into the mainspace.   We'll still be using our sandboxes for drafting and preparing language to move to the main article. Focus on adding material where there are gaps in the coverage of a section of our article.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 November 2020   |   Friday, 6 November 2020   |   Saturday, 7 November 2020
Assignment - Taking Our Articles to the Next Level

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.   Explicitly edit the lead (does it work? Is it informative?, check the film synopsis (can a person get a sense of the story arc of this film from your description?) and build information useful for the film background.


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 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 November 2020   |   Friday, 13 November 2020   |   Saturday, 14 November 2020
Assignment - Getting to the 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!

Remember to proofread information about the film production, your bibliographic references and citations, and check the links to related articles and work.  Take a look at class members' articles and add to or improve at least one item in an article they are creating.

 


Assignment - Reflective essay

To be announced  - see regular course website on the main course menu.

 

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 November 2020   |   Friday, 20 November 2020   |   Saturday, 21 November 2020
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading. All last minute contributions, edits, and changes to the articles are due by the end of day on Nov. 21.