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Maribor
Here tonight at the dorms in Maribor, Slovenia after the first day of the tournament. Going sort of average for the teams so far, but I hope they…
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IDAS is imminent
On Friday I leave with a small group of students for my third trip to Slovenia for the International Debate Academy. It’s definitely a good time, and I…
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Someone’s Job is Someone’s Escape
This morning, taking it a little easy, I tripped over a text based video game called Violet. In the past I often wondered if there is video game…
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Mahabharata – Oldest Debate Ever?
Heard a very good talk today on the Mahabharata. It was delivered by my friend, a professor in the fine arts department, who also happens to have a…
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Workshops for Faculty
Last week I did my first faculty workshop on using debate as a teaching tool. It was well attended (about 27 faculty came around lunchtime) and we had…
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Debate as a part of sense-making for climate change
This website purports to be a collaborative data collection project for the upcoming UN climate change conference. They hope to use debate as one of the methods for…
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