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  • This house believes that the trend towards the institutionalization of art has done more harm than good

    Infoslide

    The institutionalization of art includes but is not limited to the emphasis on formal art training in standardized curricula, the recognition of art through its placement in formal institutions (e.g. museums, galleries), and the requirement of academic credentials (e.g. university degrees in art).

    Everest International WSDC 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-06-21

  • That we regret the Star System

    Infoslide

    In the early 20th century, the 'Star System' in Hollywood refers to a practice of building and promoting actors as major stars. Studios would sign actors to long-term contracts. The actors would undergo extensive training and the studio would have the contractual right to manage their career and image. Prior to the Star System, Hollywood actors were significantly less famous. Famous stars who were a part of the Star System include Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

    USU Pre-Australs 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-06-21

  • That we prefer maximalism to minimalism in art (ie, artworks, movies, literature)

    Infoslide

    Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    USU Pre-Australs 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-06-21

  • This house, as the tribal leader of an indigenous group, would reject all offers that seek to purchase historically and culturally significant artefacts belonging to the tribe

    Infoslide

    Leaders of indigenous groups are often approached by museum representatives who intend to buy historically and culturally significant artefacts belonging to the tribe.

    CIS Summer BP Open 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-06-08

  • This House, as authors and copyright holders, Would actively support and encourage the creation of fan fiction

    Canada Cup 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-06-07

  • This house, as the feminist movement, W prioritize feminist art that depicts positive and uplifting experiences of femininity rather than challenging and traumatic experiences

    Pakistan Pre-WSDC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-06-07

  • This House believes that the film industry should embrace Sora

    Infoslide

    Sora is an upcoming generative artificial intelligence model developed by OpenAI, that specializes in text-to-video generation. The model accepts textual descriptions, or prompts, from users and then generates short video clips corresponding to those descriptions. It is recently reported that OpenAI wants more filmmakers to become more familiar with Sora, and has arranged industry-wide meetings prior to Sora's release to the public.

    NUDC 2024 Tingkat Nasional · Round 1 · 2024-05-26

  • This house, as an aspiring rapper, P Drake’s definition of success over Kendrick's

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    Two massive rappers, Aubrey Drake “Drizzy” Graham and Kendrick "K-Dot" Lamar, are currently feuding about who is more successful. In his diss track “Push Ups” against Kendrick, Drake claims “you ain't no big three, SZA got you wiped down / Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down”, prioritizing sales, money, and commercial success. In Kendrick’s response “Euphoria”, he raps “Teachin' him morals, integrity, discipline, listen, man, you don't know nothin' 'bout that”, valuing ethics, activism, and cultural wealth."}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Two massive rappers, Aubrey Drake “Drizzy” Graham and Kendrick "K-Dot" Lamar, are currently feuding about who is more successful. In his diss track “Push Ups” against Kendrick, Drake claims “you ain't no big three, SZA got you wiped down / Travis got you wiped down, Savage got you wiped down”, prioritizing sales, money, and commercial success. In Kendrick’s response “Euphoria”, he raps “Teachin' him morals, integrity, discipline, listen, man, you don't know nothin' 'bout that”, valuing ethics, activism, and cultural wealth.

    Ridge Debate Tournament 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-05-17

  • This house, as contemporary artists, W aggressively incorporate neorealist elements in their works

    Infoslide

    Neorealism was a literary trend that was popular in the early-mid 20th century Europe. Artists criticized mainstream commercial arts and instead aimed to portray the daily struggles of the ordinary working class. Artistic techniques included filming movies exclusively in rural areas, centring novel plots around the struggles of lower-class individuals, and having a depressive undertone throughout the artwork.

    HDS x SNUDA KIDA National Championships 2024 · EFL Finals · 2024-05-17

  • That, as Olivia Rodrigo, we regret stopping the hand-out of safe-sex products.

    Infoslide

    Olivia Rodrigo has been handing out safe-sex products (e.g. condoms and morning-after pills) as part of her GUTS World Tour. After receiving significant backlash, she stopped handing out these products, and her press team afterwards said it was due to concerns about minors potentially obtaining the products.

    Sorensen's 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-07

  • That, as Nintendo, we would start fully and actively supporting fan activity.

    Infoslide

    <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fecb7f83-7fff-606e-3bc2-cc2a36e9308e"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Most video game companies historically allow fan-made content, products, competitions and meetups based on the games they make. Today, the best of these are officially supported by those companies (e.g: the team behind the fangame Sonic Mania getting hired to release the game through SEGA, Valve partially funding the prize pool for the biggest DotA tournament). Conversely, Nintendo has historically been extremely stringent about the image and use of their IPs, and is usually opposed to any major fan activities, going as far as threatening to take legal action against fans (e.g taking down the fan-game Pokemon Uranium after 9 years of development, shutting down pro competitions for the Super Smash Bros. franchise).</span></span></p>

    Sorensen's 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-05-07

  • That we support creating a legal exemption from copyright for any sampling used in plunderphonics music.

    Infoslide

    Plunderphonics is a vaguely defined musical genre, usually characterised as the “manipulating of other recognizable recordings (AKA samples) to create new songs.” The samples are pirated illegally, can come from any media (usually other songs) and be edited in any way. Theoretically, transformative “fair use” laws protect plunderphonic musicians from getting sued by record companies once they use their music, but record companies have always won any court cases regarding the matter, so the law is considered useless (e.g: Danger Mouse’s famous Grey Album mashed up a Beatles album with a Jay-Z one, and while it was liked by the artists, it was taken down by a copyright claim by EMI, the recording company who owns the Beatles’ music).

    Sorensen's 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-07

  • This house would replace direct state funding of arts with the regular distribution of culture vouchers

    Infoslide

    A culture voucher is a token that can be reimbursed for various cultural activities (e.g. theatre tickets,gallery entrance fees etc.) up to a fixed monetary value. At the point of the use, the state pays the relevant cost of the cultural activity for which the voucher was reimbursed. These tokens are currently issued in France, and are in the works in Germany.

    Sunway Asian Parliamentary 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-05-05

  • This house believes that Breskvica should have been chosen to represent Serbia at Eurovision instead of Teya Dora.

    Infoslide

    The song that will represent Serbia in Eurovision is chosen based on votes from the jury and the public. Breskvica, with a song focusing on Serbian tradition and nationalist motifs, won the majority of the public vote. Teya Dora, with a song centered on a more alternative pop sound, won the majority of the jury vote. After tallying the public and jury votes, Teya Dora was selected as the representative.

    Debatni turnir Zenit 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-05-04

  • This house opposes the mainstreaming of the Bechdel-Wallace Test

    Infoslide

    The Bechdel-Wallace Test is a test which has been increasingly adopted by Western filmmakers, studios, critics etc. to measure the representation of women in film and other works of fiction. For a film to pass the Bechdel-Wallace test, it must satisfy the following requirements:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>The film has to have at least two women in it</li><li>The characters in question have talk to each other</li><li>The characters in question have to talk about something other than a man</li></ul><p>Examples of movies that have passed and failed the test are:</p><ul><li>PASSED: Kill Bill, Wonder Woman, Twilight, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty FAILED: Sex and the City, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Mulan, Avengers, Lord of the Rings, Pacific Rim, Oppenheimer

    De La Salle Pre-UADC 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-05-03