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Course name
Contested Monuments
Institution
Boston College
Instructor
Oliver Wunsch
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Art History
Course dates
2021-02-04 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-05-05 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


Is it possible to separate the political message of a monument from its artistic or historic value? What should be done with statues that glorify racism and injustice? Recent debates over Confederate monuments across the United States have made these questions impossible to ignore. This seminar approaches these debates from a historical perspective. We will consider case studies from the French Revolution to the present, including Civil War statues, settler monuments in the American West, fascist monuments in Europe, and Soviet monuments after the fall of the USSR.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Alexandrakatz01 Gay Liberation Monument
Wirthel Stadio dei Marmi
Quiltyky Pioneer Monument (San Francisco)
Liberatg Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
Jmooers41 Statue of Jefferson Davis (U.S. Capitol)
Piperism Marx-Engels Forum
Ajlcheese Columbus Monument (Buyens)
Aidanjh Schwerbelastungskörper
E1!Watts1! Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond, Virginia)
Jr749 Lenin Monument (Berlin)
Rd1999 The Medicine Man (Dallin)

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
In class - Discussion
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Art History

History

Week 4

Course meetings
Thursday, 4 March 2021
Assignment - Add to an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
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 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Assignment - Add images and media files

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Assignment - Continue improving your article

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.

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
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!