Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Howard University/Black Women and Popular Culture (Fall 2022)

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Course name
Black Women and Popular Culture
Institution
Howard University
Instructor
Msia Kibona Clark
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Black Women and Popular Culture
Course dates
2022-08-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-01 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


In this course, we examine the representations of Black (African and African American) women that have dominated popular culture. The course looks at the history of those representations, especially in systems of colonialism and enslavement. These representations have fed tropes about Black women, tropes that have reinforced patriarchal structures, the silence around violence against Black women, and domestic policies that negatively impact Black women’s lives. We will also look at how Black women are creating content to challenge those familiar tropes. We will consider how women create their own representations, which create spaces within patriarchal environments for women to exercise their agency and create counter narratives.

Student Assigned Reviewing
DanTheGingerBreadMan Portrayal of black people in comics
Simplygrey Video vixen
Bunnymom19 African Americans and birth control
Van0322 Ogi (singer)
KSpruill Crooklyn
Mayabubbles321 Black Twitter, Black women filmmakers, Black feminism, Angry black woman, Stereotypes of African Americans, Mammy stereotype
YellowPinkSnowman Black women filmmakers
KekeliNu
Blanbt Anime in hip hop
Misanthropiic Triple Oppression
StrawberryLemonade02 Feminine beauty ideal, Blonde stereotype
Yomamasboy123 Jennifer King, Black Female Photographers, Berla Mundi, Hannah Beachler, Mariam Kamara Black Female Photographers
BethelhemT Mereba
Nova Dyer Strong black woman
Upsidedownwaffle Black women filmmakers, Black Twitter, Black suffrage, Strong black woman
TacoTime55 Angry black woman
Sagegreen123 Hood Feminism
WelcomeTV Black women in the American music industry
Adobecloudbutnotreally Adut Akech
Coconutwater233
SplGod Black Twitter
Bjoneshollis1023 Black feminism

Timeline

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 6 September 2022   |   Thursday, 8 September 2022
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' workspaces.

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 - Wikipedia Policies and Training

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.)

Assignment - Wikipedia Training
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. Students should create a user page and add a sentence or two about themselves.

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 13 September 2022   |   Thursday, 15 September 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
Assignment - Edit Wikipedia

In copyediting, improve the clarity of a sentence or two in an article related to the class.

In class - Discussion

Content coverage of Black women on Wikipedia (WikiProject Africa, WikiProject African diaspora, & WikiProject Women)

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 20 September 2022   |   Thursday, 22 September 2022
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

Books

Films

LGBT+ Studies

Women's Studies

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 27 September 2022   |   Thursday, 29 September 2022
Assignment - Training

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 4 October 2022   |   Thursday, 6 October 2022
Assignment - Find article that you plan to edit
Milestones

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9. 

Create a document in GoogleDrive and start creating a draft of the edits and sections that you plan to add.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 11 October 2022   |   Thursday, 13 October 2022
Assignment - Bibliography
In class - Discussion

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 October 2022   |   Thursday, 20 October 2022
Assignment - Submit 1st draft of edits

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 October 2022   |   Thursday, 27 October 2022
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 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 November 2022   |   Thursday, 3 November 2022
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • To submit the final draft, send me the draft and if cleared, move. the draft to Wikipedia.


Edit

 

  • 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!
Assignment - Learn how to move 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 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 November 2022   |   Thursday, 10 November 2022
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
Tuesday, 15 November 2022   |   Thursday, 17 November 2022
Assignment - Reflective essay

Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions using the following 5 prompts as guidance.

1. What did you learn about Wikipedia while creating the article?

2. How did you decide what to include in your article?

3. Include a summary of your contribution and why you felt they were a valuable addition to the article.

4. How do you now understand your own role within today's information landscape?

5. Feedback: Did you receive feedback from other Wikipedia editors, and if so, how did you respond to and handle that feedback?

Milestones

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

In class - In-class presentation