Keep Sending in K answers
The consolidated K answer project has gotten a lot of good responses with a few people in particular going above and beyond and contributing quite a bit. But there is always more to do! Please email in...
View ArticleInception- Debate PSA
Inception was a great movie. Please don’t ruin it by making it the subject of 10,000 cheesy K overviews about the nature of reality. Thanks, The Management
View ArticleK answers wave 1
Topics covered -top level nonsense like value to life/ontology etc -security -IR Fem -china threat -zizek -schmitt Aff K Final- Wave 2 Big thanks to all those who emailed in cards/files/cites
View ArticleRecommended K article
Renaissance in Security Studies? Caveat Lector!, International Studies Quarterly 1992 (36)
View ArticleKritik Concept 2- We don’t need uniqueness
Inevitably each summer when students are asked what makes a k different from a da one of the answers given is that a k doesn’t require uniqueness. This view is reflected in many debates I see where a...
View ArticleAsking better cx questions vs a K
Many people follow a script when debating any kind of K and ask the same cross x questions regardless of what the neg’s argument is. These questions often follow a general trend started at a camp or by...
View ArticleCap and Peace
The Journal International Interactions has a recent issue with a series of articles discussing the capitalist peace theory along with contributons/critiques of the work by Gartzke which has been used...
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Going for Framework on the Aff: Its hip to be square pt 1
Debate arguments often operate like fashion trends; they emerge on the scene, gain popularity, that popularity peaks and then declines. Some arguments, like multiple counterplans, then experience a...
View ArticleFiori on Performative Contradictions
In an article on the UTNIF blog, Nick Fiori—Assistant Director of Debate at Damien High School—highlights the frequency with which contradictions are made between a critique and the rest of the...
View ArticleRecommended Podcast Episode: Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on Deference Epistemology and...
Podcasts are an excellent educational resource for debaters. I will occasionally recommend specific episodes that debaters might find particularly helpful. Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò is a philosophy professor at...
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