Today, we are reading Dorothee Richter’s On Curating article, “Feminist Perspectives on Curating.” As you read, consider the following questions: What is curating? How do we curate? What do we curate? What makes a curation project feminist? What do you think Richter means by “disturbance through image?” Why is this important to feminist or other… Read More Feminist Curating
Now that you’re closing in on the end of the Wikipedia project, I’d like you to think about you’ve learned. Feel free to use this entry as the start of your journal entry this week too. You may find the following questions helpful in formulating your response: Why did you select the person/event you’re writing/editing… Read More Wikipedia Reflection
In The Atlantic’s “Wikipedia’s Hostility to Women,” Emma Paling notes that “Wikipedia is suffering from a cyclical kind of sexism.” With this in mind, consider the following questions as we read the article: What does the first example of Lightbreather tell us about the treatment of women on Wikipedia? How do you feel about Wikipedia’s Arbitration… Read More
Today we’re reading Katrina Krämer’s article “Female Scientists’ Pages Keep Disappearing from Wikipedia – What’s Going On?” in Chemistry World. As we read this article, consider some of the following questions: In their policy on notability Wikipedia states that “the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be “worthy of notice” or “note”… Read More Female Scientists Notability and Wikipedia
Today, we’re going to read about “Feminist Standpoint Theory” in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Read through it and answer the following questions: What is a standpoint? What does it mean that “Knowledge is socially situated”? Why is it important that research “begin with the lives of the marginalized”? What is essentialism? Why is this important… Read More Feminist Standpoint
Today, we’re reading KC Cole’s Wired article, “The Shaky Ground Truths of Wikipedia.” As you read it. consider the following questions: Cole claims that “Unconscious bias comes in all forms.” They provide a number of examples of unconscious bias. What unconscious biases do you have? What biases have you experienced? Cole states, “Not seeing yourself… Read More Shaky Ground Wikipedia
Today, we are reading Audre Lorde’s essay, “Sexism: American Disease in Blackface,” from one of the most important collections of feminist essays, Sister Outsider (see Canvas for reading). Lorde’s essay starts with a bold claim, “Black Feminism is not white feminism in blackface” (60). What is blackface? How do your understanding of blackface help you understand… Read More Lorde’s Sexism a Disease in Blackface
TW: There are descriptions and depictions of violence against black women. Today, we are watching Kimberlé Crenshaw’s TEDTalk, “The Urgency of Intersectionality” As we watch this during class, take note of concepts, terminology, or names that you are unfamiliar with or that strike you. After we watch the Talk, you’ll assemble in small groups and… Read More Urgency of Intersectionality
Today, we’re reading Justin Glawe’s New York Magazine piece, “The Message from the Heart of the Atlanta Attacks: ‘America Is Getting Worse’”. After reading the article, answer the following questions: What event in Atlanta is the article referring to? If you don’t find it clear from the piece, try googling it. What does Glawe’s description… Read More Heart of Atlanta and America
Today we’re reading Caleb Brennan’s “Operation Santa Is a Horror Story About American Poverty” The New Republic. After reading the article answer the following questions: What is the article’s thesis? Feel free to copy and paste it here. Why do you think the author provides the history of Operation Santa? What does it tell us… Read More Operation Santa and Poverty
