Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Boston College/Contested Monuments (Spring 2021)
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- Course name
- Contested Monuments
- Institution
- Boston College
- Instructor
- Oliver Wunsch
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Art History
- Course dates
- 2021-02-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-05 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 12
Is it possible to separate the political message of a monument from its artistic or historic value? What should be done with statues that glorify racism and injustice? Recent debates over Confederate monuments across the United States have made these questions impossible to ignore. This seminar approaches these debates from a historical perspective. We will consider case studies from the French Revolution to the present, including Civil War statues, settler monuments in the American West, fascist monuments in Europe, and Soviet monuments after the fall of the USSR.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 10 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 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
- In class - Discussion
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 24 February 2021
- In class - Discussion
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 March 2021
- Assignment - Add to an article
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 10 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
- Milestones
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 17 March 2021
- Assignment - Add images and media files
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 24 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 8
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 31 March 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!