Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/NMAI COMM535 2014
An Edit-a-Thon
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, welcomes online participants to its edit-a-thon focused on Native American issues in Wikipedia.
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; When
: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
: 3:00 - 5:30pm
; Who
: All volunteers with basic knowledge of editing on Wikipedia are welcome. This gathering is part of a communications/journalism course taught by Andrew Lih at the American University on Wikipedia & Public Knowledge.
; Where
: National Museum of the American Indian
: 4th St & Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560 ([http://nmai.si.edu/visit/washington/ directions here])
: Fourth floor, rooms 4018 and 4019 in the NE corner
: Please sign up below if you plan on joining us remotely.
; [http://notes.wikimediadc.org/p/NMAI2014 Etherpad for today's event]
Schedule
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align=center|2:30-3:00 pm
|align=center|Early arrivals |
align=center|3:00-3:05 pm
|align=center|Welcome |
rowspan align=center|3:05-3:20 pm
|align=center|Presentation by Heather Shannon, photo archivist, National Museum of the American Indian |
rowspan align=center|3:20-5:30 pm
|colspan ="3" align=center| Edit-a-Thon & Discussion |
Questions? Add your own
- How do I RSVP?
:*Add your name to the list below if you plan on joining us remotely.
- Can I share what I’m doing?
:* Yes, please feel free to share what you’re working on on your preferred social network using #glamwiki and invite your friends to join us remotely!
- What can we photograph, and what can we release under a free license?
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- What other sensitivities are there when dealing with Native American artifacts and images, that go beyond copyright and legal issues?
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- One of the charters is that the museum is a "living memorial" which makes it rather unique. Is there a different relationship with
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RSVP
The public is welcome to this event
Special guests
- Katherine Maher, incoming chief communications officer for the Wikimedia Foundation, starting April 14
- Lynsea Garrison, BBC reporter, researching a story on GLAM and Wikipedia
Yes
- COMM535 students
- Fuzheado | Talk 18:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
- Harej (talk) 20:15, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
- FriendlyFred (talk) 21:26, 31 March 2014
- jlmugg
- Duckduckstop (talk) 16:39, 1 April 2014 (UTC) i will be late, but can answer questions during editing, would like to talk to NMAI folks.
- Djembayz (talk) 16:55, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Maybe
List of articles we will be working on
- 20th- & 21st-century Native artists Will Wilson (new article), Larry McNeil (new article), Norval Morrisseau, George Morrison, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Rick Bartow, James Luna, Edgar Heap of Birds
- Incan Engineering
- Archaeology of the Americas
- Native American mascot controversy and Washington Redskins name controversy
- Backtracking the editing history of articles on Pochahontas, Thanksgiving, Trail of Tears, California Gold Rush, Battle of the Little Bighorn
Resources
- Incan Engineering: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH5Vajc5g_M&list=PLS6nSmuURFJA4txBT5GVV1C_HLTXQRvD0 Inka Engineering Symposium on YouTube]
- Archaeology of the Americas: Cerámica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed- [http://www.latino.si.edu/PDF/Revealing_Ancestral_Central_America.pdf pdf of exhibition catalogue]
- Norval Morrisseau & George Morrison: Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes - pdf of exhibition catalogue via USB on-site
- Exhibition catalogues, research files
= Websites, library catalogs, & databases =
- Flickr Commons, Smithsonian Institution - http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Collections Search - http://siarchives.si.edu/collections
- National Museum of the American Indian Collections Search - http://www.nmai.si.edu/searchcollections/home.aspx
Reference book citations to copy and paste
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = Greenwood Press
| isbn = 9780313337628
| last = Everett
| first = Deborah
| title = Encyclopedia of Native American Artists
| location = Westport, Conn
| series = Artists of the American mosaic, ISSN 1939-1218
| date = 2008
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
| isbn = 9781888332308
| last = Klein
| first = Richard
| coauthors = Fergus M Bordewich, Paul Chaat Smith, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
| title = No reservations: Native American history and culture in contemporary art
| location = Ridgefield, Conn.
| date = 2006
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| edition = 1st
| publisher = NMAI Editions, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
| isbn = 9781933565156
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| others = Kathleen E. Ash-Milby (ed.)
| title = Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor
| location = Washington [D.C.]
| series = NMAI editions
| date = 2009
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| edition = 1st
| publisher = University of North Carolina Press
| isbn = 9780807832646
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| others = Duane Blue Spruce, Tanya Thrasher (eds.)
| title = The land has memory: indigenous knowledge, native landscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian
| location = Chapel Hill
| date = 2008
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
| isbn = 0971916330
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| coauthors = Alexander Hamilton United States Custom House (New York, N.Y.)
| others = Gerald McMaster (ed.)
| title = New Tribe, New York: the Urban Vision Quest
| location = Washington, D.C
| date = 2005
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| edition = 1st
| publisher = NMAI Editions
| isbn = 9781933565088
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| others = Kathleen E. Ash-Milby (ed.)
| title = Off the Map: Landscape in the Native Imagination
| location = Washington, DC ; New York
| date = 2007
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
| isbn = 1560989246
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| others = Tim Johnson (ed.)
| title = Spirit capture: photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian
| location = Washington
| date = 1998
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, in association with National Geographic
| isbn = 0792282140
| last = National Museum of the American Indian
| others = Duane Blue Spruce (ed.)
| title = Spirit of a Native place: building the National Museum of the American Indian
| location = Washington, D.C
| date = 2004
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| edition = First
| publisher = Published by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian
| isbn = 9781588344526
| last = National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
| others = David W. Penney, Gerald McMaster, Kevin Gover (eds.)
| title = Before and after the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes
| location = Washington, DC ; New York
| date = 2013
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = Alliance Publishing
| isbn = 0964150964
| last = Reno
| first = Dawn E.
| title = Contemporary Native American Artists
| location = Brooklyn, N.Y.
| date = 1995
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| edition = Rev.
| publisher = Facts On File
| isbn = 9780816066940
| last = Sonneborn
| first = Liz
| title = A to Z of American Indian Women
| location = New York
| series = A to Z of women
| date = 2007
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = St. James Press
| isbn = 1558622217
| others = Roger Matuz (ed.)
| title = St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
| location = Detroit
| date = 1998
}}
= Individual artists =
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = National Gallery of Canada
| isbn = 1553651766
| last = Hill
| first = Greg A.
| coauthors = National Gallery of Canada
| title = Norval Morrisseau: Shaman artist
| location = Ottawa
| date = 2006
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
| isbn = 9780971916364
| last = Luna
| first = James
| authorlink = James Luna
| coauthors = Truman Lowe
| title = James Luna: Emendatio: [published in conjunction with the Exhibition James Luna: Emendatio], organized by the Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian Washington, D.C., and New York, [and first presented at the] Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, [June 9 - November 6, 2005]
| location = Washington, D.C.
| date = 2005
}}
- {{Cite book
|no-tracking=yes| publisher = National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
| isbn = 9781933565125
| last = National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
| others = Kathleen E. Ash-Milby, Truman Lowe, Edgar Heap of Birds (eds.)
| title = Most Serene Republics: Edgar Heap of Birds
| location = Washington, D.C
| date = 2008
}}
- {{cite book|no-tracking=yes|title=Norval Morriseau and the Development of the Woodland School of Art, 1960-1980|publisher=Maskak McLeod Gallery|location=Toronto, Ontario}}
Help after the event
- Wikipedia:Teahouse, a friendly place to help new editors get started
About the NMAI
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is committed to advancing knowledge and understanding of the Native cultures of the Western Hemisphere—past, present, and future—through partnership with Native people and others. The museum works to support the continuance of culture, traditional values, and transitions in contemporary Native life.
http://nmai.si.edu/home/
Results and outcomes
= Article creation =
;New articles
;Updated articles
;Images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
- User:Taoboy49, with User:Djembayz
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