Konstantin debattierte seit 2016 in der Rederei und seit 2023 in Mainz. Als Redner gewann er einige Turniere und chefjurierte viele, unter Anderem die DDM 2023. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin eine Idee, Debatte, Buch oder Person in den Mittelpunkt gestellt wird. Wenn du selbst eine Debatte anstoßen möchtest, melde dich mit deinem Themen-Vorschlag per Mail an team [at] achteminute [dot] de.   Konstantin debattierte seit 2016 in der Rederei und seit 2023 in Mainz. Als Redner gewann er einige Turniere und chefjurierte viele, unter Anderem die DDM 2023. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin ...

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Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin eine Idee, Debatte, Buch oder Person in den Mittelpunkt gestellt wird. Wenn du selbst eine Debatte anstoßen möchtest, melde dich mit deinem Themen-Vorschlag per Mail an team [at] achteminute [dot] de. jd./hb. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin eine Idee, Debatte, Buch oder Person in den Mittelpunkt gestellt wird. Wenn du selbst eine Debatte anstoßen möchtest, melde dich mit deinem Themen-Vorschlag per Mail an team [at] achteminute [dot] de. jd./hb. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein ...

Chiara Throner begann 2017 für die Streitkultur Tübingen zu debattieren und wurde 2019 Deutschsprachige Meisterin. Sie war in verschiedenen Ämtern tätig, wie beispielsweise der Regelkomission, dem Streitkultur- und dem VDCH-Vorstand. Heute debattiert sie für Potsdam und studiert an der Freien Universität Berlin Medien und Politische Kommunikation im Master. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin eine Idee, Debatte, Buch oder Person in den Mittelpunkt gestellt wird. Wenn du selbst eine Debatte anstoßen möchtest, melde dich mit deinem Themen-Vorschlag per Mail an team [at] achteminute [dot] de. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr ...

  Josef Hoppe debattiert seit April 2019 in Aachen und ist dort seit 2020 im Vorstand. Unter anderem war er Mitglied der Cheforga für die CARLs-Debatten 2022, gewann den Nachwuchsjurierpreis der WDM 2022 und tabbt 2023 die Campus-Debatte Göttingen sowie die Süddeutsche Meisterschaft. Das Mittwochs-Feature: Mittwochs veröffentlicht die Achte Minute ab 10.00 Uhr oftmals ein Mittwochs-Feature, worin eine Idee, Debatte, Buch oder Person in den Mittelpunkt gestellt wird. Wenn du selbst eine Debatte anstoßen möchtest, melde dich mit deinem Themen-Vorschlag per Mail an team [at] achteminute [dot] de. jh./jgg.  

This is the first part of a four (!) part series on accessibility in debate, looking at strategies for debaters and judges seeking safe access to debate. The second part will cover CA responsibilities and approaches to ensuring access to debate. The third part will encompass different regions' structures of equity within and outside of tournaments. The fourth and final part will contextualize the gendered and racialized experiences of leaders and organizers across the spectrum of debate circuits. If you have questions, suggestions, or experiences to share, please contact spruced@tuta.io Accessibility in Debate At tournaments, underrepresented gender and ability identities face barriers ...

This article will address how debate programs can respond to current funding and support cuts by universities. The first part of this series profiled experiences of organizers, coaches, and debaters in different parts of the world. The second part of this series covered different approaches to virtual recruitment and outreach. Will there be a fourth part? Probably not, debaters think in threes. If you have comments or want another COVID-19 piece, please email me at spruced@tuta.io I. Dollars for W's Didn't Work Before & Won't Work Now Most debate programs have historically appealed to their institutions through awards and selective representation at ...

This article will review recruitment and outreach projects some debate societies have undertaken. It does not attempt to provide  recommendations / criticisms of different policies and responses. The first part of this series profiled experiences of organizers, coaches, and debaters in different parts of the world. The third part of this series will discuss dealing with COVID-19 funding cuts. If you would like to share projects on your local circuit or have comments please feel free to email me at spruced@tuta.io Featuring Gaini Ibragimova, DC "Parassat": With a 20 year history, DC "Parassat" is one of the oldest and strongest debate clubs ...

This article will profile the experiences of organizers, coaches, and debaters in different parts of the world. It does not attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of the competitive debate scene in that region, nor to provide recommendations / criticisms of different policies and responses. The second part of this series will review strategies for virtual recruitment and outreach. If you would like to share projects on your local circuit or have comments please feel free to email me at spruced@tuta.io Organizing & Institutional Experiences with Virtual Debate The Participants: Vishal - "I've been involved with debating and judging for the University of Malaysia ...

In the Summer 2018 issue of International Debate, Miriam Kohn (LearningLeaders, Rochester '17) and Chris Perkins (Rochester '17) published an article titled "Fair Play: Proposals for Reform to the Break System in British Parliamentary Debate." In said article, they discussed the possibility to replace team breaks on speaks with a point-based break and additional bye-based elimination round. AchteMinute (AM): First off, so lucky to be chatting with you, Miriam & Chris. Can you tell us briefly about your background in debate? Miriam Kohn (M): Thanks for taking the time to chat with us! My high school didn’t have a debate team, so ...

Today's feature presents: The first speaker to be top of the tab at an EUDC in both categories as an ESL participant since 2001, Lucía Arce Cubas! In the interview Lucía told us about her origins, debating career and being ESL in the UK. ...

Olzhas Abdukhamitov and Aigerim Shadeyeva are the conveners of the Astana EUDC, Olzhas volunteered at Novi Sad and Aigerim competed, making it to the ESL Quaters. Raffy Marshall and Monica Forman are the CAs of Astana EUDC. We sat down with them to talk about bringing the EUDC to Central Asia. ...

As announced on our international facebook page we planned doing an interview with the newly elected hosts of the EUDC 2018 in Novi Sad. Everything has happened rather quickly since the former hosts from Edinburgh declared their problems with hosting the EUDC 2018 and we wanted to give the community the opportunity to ask the questions they had in mind. So we ended up having a conference call with Jovan Petronijević, the convener, and Miriana Muntean, the logistics officer and asking them a bunch of question you guys had sent in.  ...

Some people debate to improve their skills, some for the competition and some for an ideal of discourse or knowledge. For the latter, we'd like to present an opportunity to engage in conversations with people from all around the world to exchange and discuss differing views: Bridger. The newly developed app just got publicly available, so we thought it a good time to have in interview with the people behind it. ...

It is not uncommon for major tournaments to host training programmes, as Duncan Crowe, one of the main organizers of the Scottish EUDC training series, puts it. However, the effort invested in the Scottish EUDC training series has been exceptional in length and extent. Instead of being a selected set of workshops delivered directly prior to the competition, this training series has involved the production and distribution of new, live training content directly to societies across Europe. The launch of the Scottish EUDC Training Platform marks the introduction of a new pillar to the international debate education. ...

A few days ago, we interviewed the magnificient Owen Mooney, current EUDC champion. We asked him some questions about his debating development and which advice he would give to novices and debaters who seek to become better. Enjoy some funny stories, expert suggestions and clever comments! ...

Some weeks ago, we interviewed David Alatorre and Montserrat Legorreta, convenors of México WUDC 2018. This week, we can finally present you the results with tons of information - whether it's about the Masters' Competition, the Socials, Livestreams, México Open, Triple breaks, Wi-Fi or the IA allocation system. Enjoy! ...

Apart from regular tournaments with debates around topics that generally move - or should move - society, there are some examples were debaters just combine some of their various interests. This led German debaters to establish their very own ruleset for what they call "history debates", ultimately resulting in history tournaments. Additionally, a history debate sometimes even gets set for one round of a regular tournament. In this article, we will introduce you to this feature - maybe you even want to do your own history debate? ...

With the EUDC 2017 in Tallinn coming closer, people might want to prepare their trip - but what to prepare for? We've asked convenor Selene Gnadenteich about the tournament, including the questions we got from the community. ...

The use of language in university debating hasn't been studied a lot so far. Miriam Kohn from the University of Rochester did some research - in this interview, she tells us about her results and thoughts on the use of "hedging". Edited for length & clarity with entire thesis and speech transcriptions available here. ...

In this week's feature, Helena Hecke investigates the issue of women not being taken serious in adjudication discussions, along with some suggestions to fix it. ...

In this article, I’d like to argue for more knives in BPS debating. Not because I’m the owner of a knife shop – which I’m not – but because there are certain cases where the current rules are unfair towards certain teams and this could be easily corrected. ...

Lots of experienced debaters keep discussing what might be the best way to adjudicate in British Parliamentary Style. Today, Stefan Torges wants to discuss the perfect adjudicator's position. ...

Coming Sunday at the 14th August the European Debating Championship 2016 will take place in Warsaw and, as usual, the Achte Minute will be there to report. But for now the big question is not yet who managed to break but rather what to bring along. As a wonderful German proverb states: "Life ain't no pony yard" - it means that life isn't easy. Most participants have to pack their own bags, since mother or father don't do it for them anymore. So we want to have a chat out of the sewing box with you about things we deem ...

On the 19th-29th Juli the World Schools Debating Championships take place in and around Stuttgart, Germany (an article about the WSDC 2016 can be found here). The Achte Minute was visiting the event and we’ve interviewed some of the participating debaters from all around the world. Because of the large number of interviews the first part of this Mittwochs-Feature was already published yesterday. In this part you can find the interviews with: Naz Gocek, Branksome Hall - Canada Barbara Krumpholz, Europäisches Gymnasium Bertha-von-Suttner - Germany Thomas Murphy, Dubai College - United Arabic Emirates Abhaya Gauchan, Ratobangala School - Nepal   Naz Gocek, Branksome Hall - Canada [caption id="attachment_29517" ...

On the 19th-29th Juli the World Schools Debating Championships take place in and around Stuttgart, Germany (an article about the WSDC 2016 can be found here). The Achte Minute was visiting the event and has interviewed some of the participating debaters from all around the world. Because of the large number of interviews, the first part of this Mittwochs-Feature is already published today. The second part will be published regularly at 10am on Wednesday. In this part you can find the interviews with: Kenza Wilks, Dulwich College - England Alejo Gonzalez Virgili, Belgrano Day School - Argentina Jay Tanatswa Muzhingi, Kutama College - Zimbabwe Kenza ...

In addition to debating at universities, competition has spread at schools all over the globe in recent decades. For example, participating countries annually send a delegation of pupils aged 14 to 19 to the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC), which are comparable to the World Universities Debating Championships. Laura Alviz of the Debating Society Germany e.V. explains what exactly that means. WSDC takes place in Stuttgart next week. After the German team had to cover long distances in 2014 and 2015 to reach the Southeast Asian cities Bangkok and Singapore, traveling becomes easier this year. WSDC takes place in seven days ...

The WUDC - World Universities Debating Championship - are hosted annually around New Year and decide, who will become the english speaking university debating champions in one of three language categories. [caption id="attachment_28793" align="alignleft" width="400"] An Komfort völlig ausreichend? Jugendherberge in Tübingen // Sufficient comfort? Youth hostel in Tübingen // © Lennart Lokstein[/caption] In the German (in this article meaning: German speaking language region - primarily Germany, Austria and Switzerland) debate szene international tournaments aren't really important. The WUDC 2013 in Berlin and the EUDC 2015 in Vienna may have risen attention and as far as I'm informed the number of VDCH ...