Wikipedia Stub for "Czech Cubism"

The next assignment for my Ales 204 class is to contribute in a Wikipedia stub by adding credible information from sources researched about the topic the student chooses. I chose to write about "Czech Cubism."

Here us the link to my screen shot of the edited Wiki stub:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71497095@N03/6464807213/in/photostream

Here is the link to the Wikipedia page with my stub:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Cubism

I have always known that the Wikipedia was open for the public to edit; however, I never thought of trying it myself until Dr. Laccetti assigned the task. I found it really neat after using Wikipedia in the past for academic research references or to expand and understand ideas about certain terms or even for looking up a word for my own personal interest. Now here I am being a wiki publisher of my own!

I used the following references to explore the art movement of Czech Cubism:

·         Von Vegesack, Alexander, ed. Czech Cubism: Architecture, Furniture, Decorative Arts. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press, 1992.

·         Journal of Design History (English)

·         Toman, Jindrich. Czech Cubism and the Book: The Modern Czech Book. New York: Kant Publications, 2011.

After some research, I decided to expand on the concept and history of the stub because in the wiki definition there was only a broad explanation of what Czech Cubism was. For the two topics I would include direct links when clicking on certain words to find out their definitions on other Wikipedia stubs. This tool gave background information for these definitions used to describe Czech Cubism in order to better understand the concept and history. For instance:

1.       “These angles allowed the Czech Cubists to incorporate their own trademark in the avant-garde art group of Modernism.”

2.       “This evolved into a new art movement.”

3.       “On the contrary, it was a revolt against traditional values of realism.”

After editing the Czech Cubism wiki stub, I found this exercise very intriguing and I will likely engage in more unfinished or short stubs. I like the feeling knowing that I have provided the public with helpful information for the same reasons I have use Wikipedia! Wikipedia has grown to be a reliable source in understanding concepts through a quick read for personal and academic uses, as well as links to information sources such as peer review articles.  For this reason many people feel comfortable using this online public encyclopedia. Wikipedia is an effective way to share knowledge with each other’s help and contribution about information of our world!

ECO-Style Student Association (ESSA)

I am honored to announce that this past week ESSA has become an official student group at the University of Alberta! ALES 204, you are one of the first people to find out! We are slowly moving forward in promoting the group and thanks to my professor, Dr. Jessica Laccetti, she has helped me along this process through the lectures in this class believe it or not! Dr. Laccetti has given me many resources and motivated me to sign up on different sources of social media such as create a facebook page for the group, sign up for twitter, blogger.com, and flicker to promote the group through different forms as well as suggesting ways to keep our ideas and material safe through things like Creative Common. CC was introduced at a very convenient time the other day because as our first project for ECO-Style Student Association we did a photoshoot for an upcoming event we are hosting at the University of Alberta. With our photos, ESSA is planning to post them publicly on our facebook page and actually make them into advertisements (through posters and electronically) to post them around campus. Therefore, I suggested to the parties involved and my own group to use CC for easy and free copyright!

Here is a link to my flicker slide show of pictures from our lovely photoshoot:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/71497095@N03/sets/72157628301742845/show/

Props to our beautiful student models that were able to get up at 6AM and shoot for the sunrise! It was a perfect morning :)

Okay now to inform everyone a little more what ESSA is all about!

Description:

ECO-Style Student Association (ESSA) is a student group at the University of Alberta that promotes fashion sustainability on campus and to the wider Edmonton community. Our goal is to encourage students on campus to engage in sustainability through different areas in fashion.

We are trying to peruse a different way of living among the community; green living through fashion; opposing fast fashion and mass production; a movement called thrifters.



Thrifters: an individual who religiously shops at Thrift Stores looking for bargains and often scores amazing deals. Often dedicated to recycling and reuse of products to keep our planet "greener". - Urban dictionary

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Thrifter


What is ECO-Style?
Environmentally friendly fibres, re-use of old clothing and accessories, manipulating old fabrics and garments into new creations, donating unwanted clothing to thrift stores and charities, & purchasing vintage clothing.

Other words for ECO-Style:
Refashion, trashion, eco-fashion, sustainable style, upcycling, green fashion.


Partnerships:
ESSA, Human Ecology Student Association (HESA), and The Office of sustainability works together and is passionately involved in keeping our campus green. More information about the Office of Sustainability can be found @ http://www.sustainability.ualberta.ca/. More information about HESA can be found @ http://hesa-edm.blogspot.com/.

ESSA is constructed by students from the Human Ecology program (majoring in textiles and clothing) that specifically focuses on reusing and upcycling fashion.

Activities we are involved in:
-swapping clothing: bring in your old clothing and swap with someone else!
-donations of unwanted garments to Goodwill
-workshop on how to make simple things out of old garments and accessories
-vendors in Students Union Building (SUB) selling vintage clothing
-photoshoot relating to sustainable wear
-fashion shows on campus featuring re-used fashion

AND FINALLY ESSA is excited to announce our first major event: Rethink. Refashion. Reborn. fashion show featuring ECO-Style Student Association (ESSA), The Office of Sustainability, & Goodwill Clothing Alberta Industries happening on November 24th on SUBstage at the University of Alberta from 12:15-1:00 pm! Mark it in your calendars and come see the meaning of thrifters :)