Cancelled: I beg to differ!
Debate training toward awareness for gender related topics
23.11.2023 – 24.11.2023
Unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled for this year – if you are interested in general, please let Elizabeth know for future reference.
November 23 - 24, 2023, in person at the BMC (location t.b.a.)
Open for students, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, project leaders. We are aiming for a mixed and diverse group of scientists.
Initial situation
People who have not been exposed to discrimination often consider the issues of the gender equality debate to be of little relevance. The
willingness to deal with the topic of equality, and the prioritization of changing status quo is therefore correspondingly low.
Objective
The debate training to raise awareness of equality issues arouses the participants' interest: By addressing the issues in the argumentation training and in various debate topics, participants succeed in dealing with the topic of equality on an intuitively accessible level. The participants are thus sensitized to the topic of equality and re-evaluate its relevance for their everyday lives. In addition, the participants train their argumentative and rhetorical skills. The debate training thus promotes the culture of debate.
Contents
After a short introduction to the topic of equality, participants will learn how to
- find valid arguments
- argue in a target-oriented way
- check arguments for relevance
- build arguments in a coherent and comprehensible way
- develop a persuasive strategy
- present arguments with confidence
Duration
8 hours (break & buffer time included)
Training Methods
In this seminar we work with many practical exercises, concise theory inputs and of course with
the supreme discipline of rhetoric: the debate. Learning success is complemented by group and
trainer feedback.
The topics of our debates are chosen to sensitize the participants of the debate to the topic of
equality.
Target Group
Up to 12 people who want to explore the topic of equality and develop their argumentative skills
in the process.
The seminar can be designed for larger groups as well; in this case not all participants can be
included in each exercise.
Sign up anytime with Elizabeth irtg1064@bmc.med.lmu.de
Download description and preliminary program (pdf, 157 KB)
About the trainer: Konrad Gütschow, Leipzig
- VDCH Certified Debate Trainer
- M.A.. in Rhetoric artistic Speaking
- Champion of the German Universities Debating Championship 2016
- Vice Champion of the World Universities Debating Championship 2014
- Vice Champion of the World Universities Debating Championship 2017