Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCLA/Environmental Justice (Winter 2023)

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Course name
Environmental Justice
Institution
UCLA
Instructor
Elizabeth Koslov
Wikipedia Expert
Brianda (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Sociology
Course dates
2023-01-11 00:00:00 UTC – 2023-03-21 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
30


This course introduces students to Environmental Justice (EJ) as a wide-ranging field of study and practice. We discuss different ways of defining “justice” and “the environment,” and how terms such as environmental justice and environmental racism have developed and been contested. We cover the emergence of environmental justice movements in the United States in historical and global context, as well as key approaches to theorizing EJ in relation to current debates (around topics such as disasters and climate change, the role of the state, research ethics, and multispecies justice). Environmental Justice is a field centered on the knowledge and experience of underrepresented groups. These groups have been excluded from "mainstream" environmentalism and environmental science. The Wikipedia assignment will allow students to contribute to building and broadening public knowledge of people, organizations, events, and places that have played a notable role in environmental justice activism, policy, and theory.

Student Assigned Reviewing
GrnRdEnvironmentalist Industrial metabolism
Water Worries Community-based conservation
Dapatla
Tabyduly
213anon Indigenous and community conserved area, Community-based conservation
Mmagana0212 Impacts of tourism Ecotourism, Gentrification
Lilbee99 Community-based conservation
Ashlopez101 Holistic management (agriculture), Regenerative agriculture
Ntwiki2
Solay3000 Citizen Science for Sustainable Agriculture
Avon X2 Chief Heat Officer, Brownfield regulation and development, Environmental dumping
Treehugger30 Just transition
Bej23
Pinkspottedcow Community-based conservation
Gradvis
Chio818 Mothers of East Los Angeles, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Prison Environmental Impact
Murp1410
FallenFruit09
Redaaronb
Cso4221
Bloomscape
Sunflwrpop9
Adapt4good
Koshkosh44 Community-based conservation
Loops417
Lavenderleopards
Phoebetree269
VictoriaSOL12
Divaynem

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
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:

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, 31 January 2023
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Assignment - Make a small edit
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
In class - Discussion

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Assignment - Peer review one article

Guiding framework

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.
Milestones

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

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
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

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.

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 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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!
In class - In-class presentation

In class on March 14

Assignment - Reflective essay
Milestones

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