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- Course name
- ARHI 4250 Aztec Art and Architecture
- Institution
- Fordham University
- Instructor
- Barbara Mundy
- Wikipedia Expert
- Shalor (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Art History
- Course dates
- 2019-08-28 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-19 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 20
An introduction to the art and architecture of the Aztecs, who controlled much of Mexico from 1480-1520. We will focus on the iconography and meaning of artworks, as well as the differences between the work of archeologists and art historians.
Timeline
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 9 September 2019 | Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Assignment - Wikipedia essentials
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.
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:
- Editing Wikipedia pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Learn the basics
- Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
- It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 16 September 2019 | Thursday, 19 September 2019
- Assignment - Illustrate an article
You'll want to find or create an appropriate photo, illustration, or piece of video/audio to add to an article.
- Before you start, review the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook, or see Editing Wikipedia pages 10–11.
- When you've reviewed those pages, take the training linked below.
- When you're ready to start finding images, remember: Never grab images you find through an image search, or those found on Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, Imgur, or even so-called "Free image" or "free stock photo" websites. Instead, you'll want to find images with clear proof that the creator has given permission to use their work. Many of these images can be found on search.creativecommons.org.
- Don't just upload an image to Wikipedia. Instead, upload it to Wikipedia's sister site for images, Wikimedia Commons. For instructions, read through the Illustrating Wikipedia handbook.
- You'll also want to have appropriate metadata. To understand why metadata is so important, take a look at Tony Gill, "Metadata and the Web," Introduction to Metadata, 3rd ed., Murtha Baca, ed (Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2016), www.getty.edu/publications/intrometadata/
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 September 2019 | Thursday, 26 September 2019
- Assignment - Evaluating Sources
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 September 2019 | Thursday, 3 October 2019
- Assignment - Learn how to add citations and metadata
- Assignment - Copyediting an article; group drafting
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 7 October 2019 | Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Assignment - Sacrifice
Review the discussion of human sacrifice in of the following entries: "Human Sacrifice in Aztec culture," "Aztec Religion," "Human Sacrifice," and add either a new source, or a justified edit to the existing text. You may also edit the illustrations.
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Assignment - Adding metadata and captions
On Wikimedia Commons, search "Aztec Art." Add appropriate captions to any of the pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and add to structured data. Also look at "Media in category 'Aztec Art'" to identify any of the works that are familiar to you.
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 21 October 2019 | Thursday, 24 October 2019
- Assignment - Sculpture project
Upload an image of your sculpture, with metadata, to Wikimedia Commons. Post annotations of sculpture to your sandbox
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 28 October 2019 | Thursday, 31 October 2019
- Assignment - Sculpture project
Post annotation of sculpture on your sandbox
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 4 November 2019 | Thursday, 7 November 2019
- Assignment - Sculpture project
Copy and paste section "Aztec sculpture" in the Aztecs page to your sandbox; revise and edit.
- Assignment - Sculpture project
Review and revise the text on "Aztec Sculpture" in sandbox of barbara.e.mundy. You may wish to copy it into your own sandbox to work on it. Our goal is to create an essay on Aztec Sculpture that can serve as a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 11 November 2019 | Thursday, 14 November 2019
- Assignment - Sculpture project
Finish group edit of "Aztec Sculpture" to be submitted to Wikipedia editors.
- In class - Sculpture project
Move "Aztec Sculpture" online in class, 11/4
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 18 November 2019 | Thursday, 21 November 2019
- Sculpture project
Design your annotated sculpture for Wikimedia Commons. Copy relevant parts of associated text to sandbox, and begin editing.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 25 November 2019
- In class - Sculpture project
Work with Ms. Fostano on standarizing annotations and image metadata for sculpture project.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 2 December 2019 | Thursday, 5 December 2019
- In class - Sculpture project
Presentation of sculpture projects in class
Week 15
- Milestones
Sculpture projects uploaded by 12/5 for review in preparation for final exam