Here is where the debate institute was to be held.
Looking down from Dom Kavka
Here is the schedule for the program I was leading along with a few university students I had previously trained.
ZIP DEBATE WORKSHOP
-- DOM KAVKA, SLOVENIA -- JUNE 27-JULY 4,
2004
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2004
900-1050 Lecture: Speaking
1100-1300 Lecture: Research
& Evidence
1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Speaking
Drills & Research Drills
1600-1700 Debate Prep
1700 Practice Debate
1930 Practice Debate
TUESDAY, JUNE 29,
2004
900-1050 Lecture: Argumentation Theory
1100-1300 Argumentation Drills
1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Research
1600-1700 Debate Prep
1700 Practice Debate
1930 Practice Debate
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,
2004
900-1050 Lecture: Case Building
1100-1300 Research
1300 Lunch
THURSDAY, JULY 1,
2004
900-1050 Lecture: Refutation
1100-1300 Refutation Drills
1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Briefing
1600-1700 Debate Prep
1700 Practice Debate
1930 Practice Debate
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2004
900-1050 Lecture: Negative
Offense
1100-1300 Negative Offense
Drills
1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Briefing
1600-1700 Debate Prep
1700 Practice Debate
1930 Practice Debate
2100 Exhibition Debate in Slovenian
SATURDAY, JULY 3,
2004
900-1050 Lecture: Cross Examination & Points of
Information
1100-1300 Cross Examination
& Points of Information Drills
1330-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Lecture:
Closing the Deal
1600-1700 Debate Prep
1700 Practice Debate
1930 Practice Debate
SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2004
900-1050 To be announced
1100-1300 To be announced
On a clear day you can view the sea from Dom Kavka
Looking down from Dom Kavka
Flowing during a debate (Mateja and Marko)
Students set the tables before a meal
My group, Slovenia 2004
Prepping for a debate
Learning how to research and then actually doing some (also photos which follow)
Urska and Primoz critique a debate
Ursa debates
Students speak out
Cutting and taping
Fish for lunch at Dom Kavka
The last night they have a thing called a "kitch party." Everyone dresses up in really tacky clothes (usually of the opposite gender) and stage sarcastic skits to poke fun at themselves and each other. Then they pick winners based on clothing and performance. I am not sure I fully understand this whacky cultural practice, but it seemed like fun.
Students with a thank you gift for me (engraved log, not the bottle)
Last survivors prepare to board the bus