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In this course we will examine the work of women filmmakers from throughout film history and across world cinema. Our focus will be two-fold: First, we will examine how factors like mode of production, historical and national context figure into the films of individual directors. Second, we will consider broader questions in and around female film authorship. Are women filmmakers obligated to make women-centered or feminist films? Is it still necessary to consider women filmmakers in isolation from their male counterparts? How do issues like race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, politics, and religion figure into the work of these artists?
A significant part of this course will be to articulate the contribution of women filmmakers to world cinema. In order to achieve this goal, each student will choose a filmmaker whom they feel has been inadequately represented or not represented at all on Wikipedia and write or edit an article on that filmmaker for the site.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Submit a one-paragraph proposal for the 1500 word analytical paper that you will write on your filmmaker.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Handout: "Did You Know" submissions
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Your analysis paper should be 1500 words and offer an original argument about your filmmaker via an analysis of one or more of her films.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
In this course we will examine the work of women filmmakers from throughout film history and across world cinema. Our focus will be two-fold: First, we will examine how factors like mode of production, historical and national context figure into the films of individual directors. Second, we will consider broader questions in and around female film authorship. Are women filmmakers obligated to make women-centered or feminist films? Is it still necessary to consider women filmmakers in isolation from their male counterparts? How do issues like race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, politics, and religion figure into the work of these artists?
A significant part of this course will be to articulate the contribution of women filmmakers to world cinema. In order to achieve this goal, each student will choose a filmmaker whom they feel has been inadequately represented or not represented at all on Wikipedia and write or edit an article on that filmmaker for the site.
Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.
This page breaks down writing a Wikipedia article into a series of steps, or milestones. These steps include online trainings to help you get started on Wikipedia.
Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.
To get started, please review the following handouts:
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page.
Now that you're thinking about what makes a "good" Wikipedia article, consider some additional questions.
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding a citation to an article. There are two ways you can do this:
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.
You've picked a topic and found your sources. Now it's time to start writing.
Creating a new article?
Improving an existing article?
Keep reading your sources, too, as you prepare to write the body of the article.
Resources:
Editing Wikipedia pages 7–9
Submit a one-paragraph proposal for the 1500 word analytical paper that you will write on your filmmaker.
Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. It's time to work with that feedback to improve your article!
Handout: "Did You Know" submissions
Once you've made improvements to your article based on peer review feedback, it's time to move your work to Wikipedia proper - the "mainspace."
Editing an existing article?
Creating a new article?
Do additional research and writing to make further improvements to your article, based on suggestions and your own critique.
It's the final week to develop your article.
Write a reflective essay (2–5 pages) on your Wikipedia contributions.
Consider the following questions as you reflect on your Wikipedia assignment:
Your analysis paper should be 1500 words and offer an original argument about your filmmaker via an analysis of one or more of her films.