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Course name
Critical Race Feminisms and Tap Dance
Institution
Colby College
Instructor
Sonja Thomas
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Women's Studies
Course dates
2020-02-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-05-23 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
25


An introduction to critical race feminism and tap dance. Students will learn about the history of tap dance in the United States and abroad, black feminist thought, the concept of intersectionality, and the hypervisibility of raced bodies. Students will learn to perform and name basic tap skills and the "shim sham shimmy," a dance historically performed by African-American female tap dancers in Harlem; to perform a visual cultural analysis; to understand and think critically about concepts from critical race theory, black feminist thought, and feminist performance theory; and to know the history of tap dance and its significance to racial politics in the United States.

On wikipedia, students will be creating/editing tap dancer biographies--with a special emphasis on Black performers, and female performers.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Aheddy23 Arthur Duncan
Gsmeik22 Brenda Bufalino
KevinTheSeaPickle Mable Lee
Jmsafa23 Peg Leg Bates
Emma Donigan Chloe Arnold
PCDunton22 Cora LaRedd
Abbyaeng Henry LeTang
Penny Nguyen Ngoc Charles Coles
Anonymous User Asdf Dianne Walker
Jhhutc22 Germaine Ingram
Catherineccolby Chuck Green
Belava22 Sarah Reich
Kmandr22 Lois Bright
ChiamakaUbani James "Buster" Brown
Rfduff Bunny Briggs
Alexandrad25 Charles Cook (dancer)
Mmgarr23 Cholly Atkins
Odeekayla Juanita Pitts
Mcbarr20 Jane Goldberg
Jessbtsai Jeni Le Gon
Sonialachter The Silver Belles
Mdgoul22 Roxane Butterfly
Kyle3Butler Derick K. Grant
18ches Jared Grimes

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Thursday, 13 February 2020
Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Assignment - 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:

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 18 February 2020   |   Thursday, 20 February 2020
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.)


Assignment - Exercise
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Films

History

LGBT+ Studies

Sociology

Women's Studies

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 25 February 2020   |   Thursday, 27 February 2020
Assignment - Keeping Track of your work on Dashboard

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 - How to Edit

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 March 2020   |   Thursday, 5 March 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 March 2020   |   Thursday, 12 March 2020
Assignment - Bibliography Assignment

Discuss your research so far and draw from course materials to analyze your sources.  You must draw from at least 2 course texts. 

o   Your paper can address:

1)      how far you’ve come on researching your tap dancer

a.       primary sources?  Images?  Bibliography?

2)      Any difficulties you are running into

3)      Your thoughts on the contribution of your Wikipedia page

 

4)      “reading” images of bodies in motion


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 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2020   |   Thursday, 19 March 2020
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 March 2020   |   Thursday, 2 April 2020
Assignment - Writing your article, add to your bibliography, find images

continue writing your article

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 April 2020   |   Thursday, 9 April 2020
In class - Meet with me

Meet with me in office hours to discuss your page

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 April 2020   |   Thursday, 16 April 2020
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
Tuesday, 21 April 2020   |   Thursday, 23 April 2020
Assignment - Draft due

Draft due

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 28 April 2020   |   Thursday, 30 April 2020
Assignment -

Week 13

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 May 2020   |   Thursday, 7 May 2020
Milestones

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


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!


Assignment - Reflective essay

Short essay discussing the wikipedia assignment.  You must relate to at least 2 course texts.