Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 3: An Interview with Dynestee Fields
In the final part of my interview with recent Southern Wesleyan Honors graduate Dynestee Fields, we discuss the technical aspects of her documentary “The Voice of the Chicken” as well as what her next project will be.
Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 2: An Interview with Dynestee Fields
In this second part of the interview we cover the ramifications of Dynestee’s documentary, we’ll learn about how chickens are genetically modified, the odd place chickens occupy in the discussion of animal rights, how Hurricane Katrina gave chicken advocates unexpected information, how female and male chickens differ, what happens when you show a documentary about chickens to a chicken, and which on-screen talking heads in “The Voice of the Chicken” voice values that best match and clash with Dynestee’s own.
Learning to Hear the Chicken’s Voice Part 1: An Interview With Dynestee Fields
After successfully defended her honors project, Dynestee took the time to talk with me about her project and about its goal: to get people to see and hear the real chicken, not just the one who has been produced for our gustatory pleasure. “The view of chickens that humans have is either food or ‘they’re unintelligent,’” Dynestee told me. “The vocal repertoire is really a way to crack into their world. It’s really central to understanding their world and how they look on what’s going on around them.”
Word of the Day: Palimpsest
I’ve been away for a while now, but I’m back with a new word. A palimpsest is, according to Mirriam Webster, “writing material (such as a parchment or […]
Teaching Under the Umbrella of Discipleship—An Interview with Dr. Jonathan Sircy
Dynestee Fields and Amanda Platz Dr. Jonathan Sircy is a passionate scholar of Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. He taught in Charleston for seven years before becoming an associate professor of […]
Discipleship, Gratitude, and The Faerie Queene—A Conversation with Dr. Jonathan Sircy
Dynestee Fields and Amanda Platz “I forgot to print your prompt,” Dr. Jonathan Sircy exclaimed in the middle of class one morning, during the Fall 2018 Semester. Because the class […]
Words That Work for the Perfect Academic Paper
Dynestee Fields In his instructional book on using words to achieve a desired result, Words that Work, Dr. Frank Luntz gives a set of ten rules that outline how to […]
Swearing and Slang–Why Understanding Words Matters
Amanda Platz “It’s not what you say, it’s what people hear that matters.” Throughout his book Words that Work, Frank Luntz drills home this point. Understanding how people will interpret […]
Loving What’s “New”—Frank Luntz & Words That Work
What intrigues you the most about a commercial? Is it the glitz of the world they provide? Or the glam of the actors presented? Or maybe those who are behind […]
Words That Work
It’s not what you say, its what people hear! Frank Luntz built a career on figuring out how to use words to evoke certain emotions and reactions out of […]
Rules That Work
Miranda Alexander Words have power. They can create and they can destroy. Too often I think we forget just how vital they are and how much we cling to them. […]
What does that Ring Mean?
There are several different meanings of the word “eclipse” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary. It is used as a noun or verb to describe the obscuring or blocking out […]