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  • This house would grant all creative professionals the right to own and sell their likeness (e.g. the replication of their voice, image, etc. by AI)

    National Asians High School Debate Championship 2023 · Octofinals · 2023-08-31

  • This house opposes the narrative that "music is a universal language".

    Canadian Universities’ High School Nationals 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-08-19

  • This house regrets the glorification of love in Bollywood

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 5 · 2023-08-12

  • This house prefers a world where art is not mechanically reproduced

    Infoslide

    Philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin introduced the concept of "aura" as a unique quality inherent in original artworks that is characterized by their singularity, authenticity, and historical significance. He argues that mechanical reproduction, through processes like commercial reprinting eliminates the aura by creating identical copies that lack the original's temporal and spatial context.

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Novice Semifinals · 2023-08-12

  • This house regrets the trope of the catastrofemale

    Infoslide

    Figures of the Sad, Bad, and Mad Women remain a fixture of the literary landscape. Also called 'catastrofemale', these protagonists are alienated young women who seem unable, and sometimes reluctant, to reconcile themselves to ‘life’. The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath, Play It As It Lays (1970) by Joan Didion, Girl Interrupted (1993) by Susanna Kaysen, Conversations With Friends (2017) by Sally Rooney, and My Year Of Rest And Relaxation (2018) by Ottessa Moshfegh are some of the popular books in this subgenre

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Grand Final · 2023-08-12

  • This house prefers a world where art is not mechanically reproduced

    Infoslide

    Philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin introduced the concept of "aura" as a unique quality inherent in original artworks that is characterized by their singularity, authenticity, and historical significance. He argues that mechanical reproduction, through processes like commercial reprinting eliminates the aura by creating identical copies that lack the original's temporal and spatial context.

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Quarterfinals · 2023-08-12

  • This house supports the death of the artist

    Infoslide

    The death of the artist is a theory that biographical information and the interpretation of authors hold no extra weight in the interpretation and meaning of that artist' work.

    Queen's National High School Debate Championship 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-08-11

  • That we support prestigious awards in the arts being heavily biased in favour of people of colour, women and gender minorities

    Infoslide

    You are the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A beloved member of the royal family, known for their philanthropy, patronage of the arts and fashion sense has gone missing. You receive an untraceable video, authenticated by intelligence services, by their captors. They demand that you film yourself performing an indecent act on live television in return for their safety. The intelligence services are not confident that the video can be faked.

    BP Novice 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-08-11

  • This house, as an MCU fan would prefer the storyline where the Soul stone is used to revive Iron Man.

    Infoslide

    In the endgame of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers bring back the population lost in the infinity war by Thanos' ""snap"". They retrieve the infinity stones by going back in the appropriate timelines before Thanos collects them. The soul stone (one of the infinity stones) however, can only be gained by a personal soul sacrifice. For this, Natasha sacrifices herself and hawkeye gets the soul stone back to the Avengers. Reuniting in the present, the Avengers place the Stones into a gauntlet that Stark, Banner, and Rocket have built. Having the most resistance to their radiation, Banner wields the gauntlet and reverses Thanos's disintegrations. Tony Stark (Iron Man) uses the Stones to disintegrate Thanos and his army, at the cost of his life. Thus far, in the MCU, Iron Man is considered dead. But there's a popular theory among fans regarding the use of the soul stone. Since the soul stone cannot be returned and can be used to resurrect and conjure the people who are dead, the Avengers can use that to revive Iron Man.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Open Octofinals · 2023-08-04

  • This house, as parents of an extraordinarily talented (academic, sport, art etc.) child with financial limitations, would push their child to pursure their talent over letting them find their own path

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-08-04

  • This house, as an MCU fan would prefer the storyline where the Soul stone is used to revive Iron Man.

    Infoslide

    In the endgame of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers bring back the population lost in the infinity war by Thanos' ""snap"". They retrieve the infinity stones by going back in the appropriate timelines before Thanos collects them. The soul stone (one of the infinity stones) however, can only be gained by a personal soul sacrifice. For this, Natasha sacrifices herself and hawkeye gets the soul stone back to the Avengers. Reuniting in the present, the Avengers place the Stones into a gauntlet that Stark, Banner, and Rocket have built. Having the most resistance to their radiation, Banner wields the gauntlet and reverses Thanos's disintegrations. Tony Stark (Iron Man) uses the Stones to disintegrate Thanos and his army, at the cost of his life. Thus far, in the MCU, Iron Man is considered dead. But there's a popular theory among fans regarding the use of the soul stone. Since the soul stone cannot be returned and can be used to resurrect and conjure the people who are dead, the Avengers can use that to revive Iron Man.

    Rahat Fundraiser Parliamentary Debate 2023 · Novice Quarterfinals · 2023-08-04

  • This house believes that it is morally permissible (meaning - no one should question the moral implications) to consume art regardless of the artists' personal background or life choices.

    17th IDC National Debate Festival 2023 (ENGLISH) · Round 1 · 2023-07-27

  • THR the norm that art should be difficult to understand

    Hart House Summer Open 2023 · No Round · 2023-07-20

  • This House believes that offensive art should not be commissioned for public spaces (Museums, Parks, Squares, etc.)

    World Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Quarterfinals · 2023-07-18

  • This House would significantly invest in artworks that aim to modernize folklores. Examples of modernizing folklores include but are not limited to: loosely-adapted cultural performances and concerts, creation of blockbuster movies based on legends and folklores, incorporation of traditional folklores in modern musical composition, etc.

    Infoslide

    "Modernization" refers to the attempt of making an object more palatable to the modern society. "Folklore" refers to traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a group of people. It does not refer to the 2020 Taylor Swift album.

    National University Debating Championship 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-07-16