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This seminar explores advances in feminist economics and the implications for public policy and laws in local and global communities. Drawing from feminist economics research, the seminar addresses the persistence of gender inequality in societies around the world and proposed policy solutions targeting such inequalities. Topics include gender relations and the organization of domestic and market work, violence against women, workplace and pay equality, gendered access to resources, education, and healthcare, and gender and property rights. Students will revise or create Wikipedia articles related to the course content.
Handout: Editing Wikipedia
Due 9 pm Tuesday, April 4.
Access and review [http://wikiedu.org/editingwikipedia Editing Wikipedia
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User: Emeyer76, User: Keareid, User: Sm1986. For the future: Be sure to continue to develop your Wikipedia user page over the course of the semester, and update it later as your life circumstances change.
All students have Wikipedia user accounts and are listed on the course page.
Due 9 pm Friday April 8.
Due 9 pm Tuesday April 12.
Due in class on (4 pm) Thursday April 14. (Because of cancelled class on April 7, extensions are available upon request - must be requested by Wed before deadline.)
Choosing your topic is the earliest decision you need to make for this project. Careful selection of a workable topic will help you complete this assignment efficiently and make a valuable contribution.
Additionally:
Submit to Chalk:
Due 9 pm Friday April 22.
All students have written on one or more Wikipedia Talk Pages and have added content to an article in the Wikipedia mainspace.
Due in class Thursday April 28.
Overview
research and cover comprehensively.
Examples:
Due 9 pm Tuesday May 3.
Resources: Moving out of your Sandbox, Illustrating Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
Due 9 pm Friday May 6.
Due in class Thu 12 May
Your initial contribution should be a minimum of 700 words, not including references, but note that if it appears you are using language designed to increase word count, your edits will likely be reverted.
All students have created their initial contributions and have submitted their contribution descriptions and track changed outlines to Chalk and have sent them to their peer group members.
Due 9 pm Sun 15 May
Workshop: Students will meet outside of class with their peer review groups to discuss their feedback on each others articles. Meetings should occur as early as possible during the week of May 16.
Due 11 pm Sun 22 May
Expand and revise your Wikipedia contributions in response to your peer review feedback and any comments posted to your User and Talk pages by other Wikipedia editors. Be proactive in seeking advice from editors in the Wikipedia community. Your expanded contribution should be a minimum of 1500 words, not including references. By this stage, you should have added at least fifteen new references from scholarly sources. Additional references may come from non-scholarly sources, such as from news reports or governmental or NGO websites.
See printing instructions below.
Optional: If relevant (see below), include your good article nomination information in your contribution description.
Handouts:
Illustrating Wikipedia
File and printing Instructions for Final Contribution:
Please prepare your final contributions to WIkipedia (including contributions to your main article and any made to other related articles, including links and references), following the instructions below.
Highlighting Changes on PDFs on MACs
For a full screenshot, hold “command” and “shift” and then press 3.
The screenshots save to your desktop and can be renamed to .jpg or .pdf (they default as .png files).
On a PC Please follow the steps provided at this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Microsoft-Windows
Due 11 pm Sun 22 May
Write a reflective essay (3-4 pages) on your Wikipedia experience. Although this essay will naturally reference some details from your Contribution Description, it should take an essay format and be more deeply reflective about your Wikipedia experience.
For full credit, the file you submit must also contain the following features: