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Course name
Knowledge, Gender, and Power
Institution
Sonoma State University
Instructor
Jennifer Barney
Subject
Knowledge, Gender, and Power: Women and Gender Studies
Course dates
2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-14 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
15


This course focuses on feminist epistemological critiques in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies. We will analyze the different ways women know and how those knowledge positions have been informed by culture and complicated by the power dynamics within a patriarchal framework. We will also explore how the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality fit into the western societal construct of being, knowing, and thinking and how the embodiment of that lived experience informs self-efficacy, personal narrative and one’s identity as a producer of knowledge.

Epistemology is the theory of knowledge; it is the basis from which we draw knowledge and helps to explain how we know, what we know. From a feminist standpoint, we approach epistemology by questioning the role of power in knowledge and the influence gender has on it. Throughout this course, we will return to the same questions that will guide our discourse:

• What are the power dynamics that might influence our position as knowers?
• Who has access to knowledge and in what ways?
• How does our relationship to knowledge shape our capacity to contribute knowledge content?

Theory and Practice: There will be an emphasis on the evaluation and critiquing of Wikipedia through the lens of a Women's and Gender Studies perspective. We will actively engage in editing and contributing content to articles related to the course subject matter. While our course work will emphasize concentration of theories of knowledge in relation to feminist thought, students will spend a great deal of time becoming familiar with Wikipedia to become proficient with this platform to edit and create new articles relating to the course subject-matter.

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Monday, 20 August 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

Welcome to our first class meeting of Knowledge, Gender, and Power.  In this course meeting we will:


  • Introduce ourselves to one another 
  • Review the syllabus
  • Discuss the required texts
  • Talk about the Wiki.edu course component
  • Have a class discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2kpFVpE9rg]

  • Discuss what is due next week 
  • "Editing Wikipedia Articles on Women's Studies" pdf
  • Read before coming to class:  Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Feminist Epistemology:

http://www.iep.utm.edu/fem-epis/

Homework
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.)

Take any assigned training modules and exercises.

Review

Week 2

Course meetings
Monday, 27 August 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

Read: Knowledge Difference Power
 Introduction & Chapters 1 
 Wikipedia brochures need to be read in completion
Everyone should now have created their Wiki account and be signed into the course page

Assignment - One-page synthesis


Week 3

Course meetings
Monday, 3 September 2018
In class - Online Class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 2
Women as Creators of Knowledge Harding pdf




Assignment - One-page synthesis

Post your response to the readings to the online course discussion forum


Assignment - Discussion Response

Read and respond to the posts of two other classmates

Week 4

Course meetings
Monday, 10 September 2018
In class - In class meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 3
 The Chronicle of Higher Education:  Women's-Studies Students Across the Nation are Editing Wikipedia



Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Week 5

Course meetings
Monday, 17 September 2018
In class - In-class meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 4
Closing the Gender Gap in STEM  :
https://wikiedu.org/blog/2018/01/30/closing-the-gender-gap-in-stem/

Exercise: Add a citation

Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 24 September 2018
In class - Online Class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 5

Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Post your response to the readings to the online course discussion forum

Assignment - Discussion Response

Read and respond to the posts of two other classmates

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 1 October 2018
In class - In-class Meeting **Meet in University Library**


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 6

    • Meet in University Library for Wikipedia Workshop**

Please bring your laptops to work on.  If you’re not able to, you can use the laptops in the library during this time.  This class meeting is important to help guide you on your editing work on Wikipedia and this cannot be made-up afterwards.

Exercise: Evaluate an article

Assignment - One-page Synthesis


Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 8 October 2018
In class - In-class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 7
Find your Wikipedia article that you would like to edit.  Email instructor for approval.

Exercise: Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6



Week 9

Course meetings
Monday, 15 October 2018
In class - Online Class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 8


Find sources of reference to support the content that you plan to contribute to your Wikipedia article
Exercise: Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Post your response to the readings to the online course discussion forum

Assignment - Discussion Response

Read and respond to the posts of two other classmates

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 22 October 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 9


Begin editing your Wikipedia article

Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 29 October 2018
In class - In-Class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 10


Continue to edit your Wikipedia article

Assignment - One-page Synthesis

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 5 November 2018
In class - Online Class Meeting


Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 11


Post the link to your Wikipedia article that you have been working on to the course discussion forum and discuss your experience.  Complete the Peer Review Guiding framework. Read two other classmates posts and respond.  Finally, leave a peer review on the talk page of at least one classmate's Wikipedia article.

Assignment - One-page synthesis

Post your response to the readings to the online course discussion forum

Assignment - Discussion Response

Read and respond to the posts of two other classmates

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 12 November 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 12
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 - One-page Synthesis

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 19 November 2018
In class - No Class Meeting

Happy Thanksgiving.  No assignments due this week.  Enjoy your break!

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 26 November 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

Read: Knowledge, Difference, and Power
 Chapter 13-14
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.

Exercise: Add links to your article

Assignment - Final Research Paper Due

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!

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 3 December 2018
In class - In-class Meeting

This will be our final class meeting.  Please come prepared with your final presentation. 

Consider touching upon these Guiding questions during your presentation. 

Assignment - Final Presentation
You've finished your Wikipedia assignment!

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

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