How to Engage People in Critical Dialogue about the Water Crisis
If you're interested in how to engage people who are resistant to being critical of the coal or chemical industries in West Virginia in conversations about the Water Crisis, this is the video for you. My dear friend and mentor Dr. Roxanne Aftanas speaks about the rhetoric of coal and chemical industries in West Virginia and her view on the Water Crisis. An Arkansas native, Roxanne has a unique outsider/insider perspective. After living and teaching here for nearly a decade, she offers her take on how she gets her students to think critically about the industrial economy in West Virginia and what it has or hasn't done for them. She asks them, if coal keeps the lights on, where's the money? She also speaks about the effect of the coal industry on education as she has observed as a university professor and as a parent. I filmed this just a few days after the chemical spill occurred, so the way people are now responding has certainly evolved since then. But there are still so many people who are unwillingly to be critical of the industries that "sustain" West Virginia and are killing West Virginians and destroying our environment. Roxanne's interview serves as an example of how we can engage more critical dialogues with those who are resistant. *None of the opinions featured in this interview reflect those of Marshall University. This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://westvirginiawatercrisis.wordpress.com. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ---------- You may notice that there are now advertisements on my videos. I decided to begin monetizing my videos because I have spent several thousand dollars on better recording equipment to make higher quality videos for you all (not starting from this video but the next few). I appreciate your views and likes, and hope you share these videos because, as I have said from day one, everyone's story is important.
If you're interested in how to engage people who are resistant to being critical of the coal or chemical industries in West Virginia in conversations about the Water Crisis, this is the video for you. My dear friend and mentor Dr. Roxanne Aftanas speaks about the rhetoric of coal and chemical industries in West Virginia and her view on the Water Crisis. An Arkansas native, Roxanne has a unique outsider/insider perspective. After living and teaching here for nearly a decade, she offers her take on how she gets her students to think critically about the industrial economy in West Virginia and what it has or hasn't done for them. She asks them, if coal keeps the lights on, where's the money? She also speaks about the effect of the coal industry on education as she has observed as a university professor and as a parent. I filmed this just a few days after the chemical spill occurred, so the way people are now responding has certainly evolved since then. But there are still so many people who are unwillingly to be critical of the industries that "sustain" West Virginia and are killing West Virginians and destroying our environment. Roxanne's interview serves as an example of how we can engage more critical dialogues with those who are resistant. *None of the opinions featured in this interview reflect those of Marshall University. This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at http://westvirginiawatercrisis.wordpress.com. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ---------- You may notice that there are now advertisements on my videos. I decided to begin monetizing my videos because I have spent several thousand dollars on better recording equipment to make higher quality videos for you all (not starting from this video but the next few). I appreciate your views and likes, and hope you share these videos because, as I have said from day one, everyone's story is important.