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  • This alternative world is considered better than the current one.

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    "The Era of Great Geographical Discoveries - the discovery of the American continent in the 15th century. In an alternative world, the Old World part (Eurasia, Africa) knew nothing about America until man flew to space in 1961. The American continent was developing on its own."

    Қазақстан Пікірсайыс Чемпионаты 2024 · Гранд Финал · 2024-02-21

  • This house, as the independence movement, W completely destroy the mineral reserves

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    Jashna is an overseas colonial territory under the imperialist’s rule. They had been invaded due to being mineral rich in terms of gemstones and other crucial minerals, and this mineral continues to be exploited by the imperial power. Jashna has vast reserves of this mineral, yet they are unable to mine it for themselves or use it in any way. They have had many movements calling for independence, and failed each time as the imperial power vastly suppressed the revolution. Some groups believe that as long as the minerals remain, the imperial rule will continue.

    Shivaji Bhonsle English Parliamentary Debate 2024 · Open Grand Final · 2024-01-20

  • This house opposes the exotic and Anglicized depiction of South Asian life by South Asian writers. Examples include, but are not limited to, romanticised images of monsoon rains, poverty, veiled women, mangoes etc. This debate includes writers from various parts of South Asia e.g Mohsin Hamid (Reluctant Fundamentalist), Rupi Kaur (Milk & Honey), Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger) etc

    Sondhis National Debating Championship 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-01-19

  • This house, as Egypt, would accept the request.

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    It’s 652 BCE. Assyria is the most powerful empire in the world, and is known for its harsh treatment of enemies and territorial expansion. It is currently ruled by Ashurbanipal, a scholar, who was chosen as heir over his older brother Shamash-shum-ukin. As a conciliatory gesture, Shamash-shum-ukin was appointed as king of Babylonia, a vassal state with a history of uprisings against Assyria. Shamash-shum-ukin has declared he is the true king of Assyria and is leading a Babylonian revolt against Ashurbanipal. Egypt is an ancient, proud and wealthy kingdom with lots of agricultural land, and has just gained independence after a successful revolt against Assyria. Shamash-shum-ukin asks Egpyt for assistance in his revolt.

    UNSW Pre-Worlds · Grand Final · 2023-12-09

  • For nations that have gone through collective trauma (ex: genocide, colonization, civil war, etc), This house prefers narratives that emphasize cultural elements removed from the trauma (ex: regional festivities, shared language, emphasis on looking to the future, etc) over narratives that memorialize the trauma (ex: memorials, minority quota policies, etc)

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2023 · Round 3 · 2023-10-15

  • Silver finals: This house regrets the westernisation of the elites in post-colonial countries (e.g. speaking predominantly in English, going to schools/universities in the West, consuming predominantly Western Media).

    Eton Schools 2023 · Silver Final · 2023-10-03

  • This house believes that the ongoing process of decolonisation should include actively disempowering colonial languages (English, French, Spanish etc.) that were imposed on the country during colonialism

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

  • This house believes that post-colonial states should actively and significantly decentralise state control to local tribal authorities or regional leaders

    Qaynaat 2023, Women & Gender Sexual Minorities Debate · Round 3 · 2023-08-12

  • This house believes that current generations of Japan should not pay taxes or any other form of reparations to countries it has colonised."

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    "The ongoing trade and political dispute between South Korea and Japan is tied to the atrocities during Japan’s colonisation. By the late 1930s, Japan was starting to mobilise for war. It began to force people to work in the factories and mines, or enlist as soldiers. It also sent tens of thousands of women from across Asia for service with the military. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claims ""Japan and South Korea are now entering a new era,"" and that, “We should not drag this problem into the next generation.""

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

  • For nations that engaged in colonialism, This house would reduce the teaching of domestic history in schools to teach about the nation's involvement in colonialism.

    Southern Africa National Universities Debate Championships 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-07-27

  • That the African Union should continue its policy of preservation of colonial era borders instead of recognizing secessionist movements fighting for autonomy. [borders]

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    The Cairo Declaration, released during the meeting of heads of state of the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) in its first session in 1964, led to the development of an international practice of respecting and sustaining the territorial situation as it existed at independence. This later evolved as the rule of the status quo, which preserved the border arrangements left behind by colonial regimes.

    Krabi Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships 2023 · Round 7 · 2023-07-01

  • That Korean victims and their family members should only accept South Korea's reparations if Japanese companies contribute

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    During WW2, Japanese companies including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries subjected thousands of Korean citizens to forced labour. The South Korean government has recently established a fund which offers victims and their families reparations. Japanese companies have been invited to make voluntary contributions to the fund, but none have done so. In 1998, Volkswagen paid $12 million in reparations to Nazi-era forced labourers.

    UNSW Pre-Easters 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-06-23

  • This house prefers that schools in developing countries focus substantially on teaching pre-colonial history rather than the anti-colonial resistance in history classes.

    Malaysia United Asian Debating Championship 2023 · Round 1 · 2023-06-16

  • That in post-colonial states, school curricula should be taught exclusively in the language of the pre-existing colonial power (e.g French in Haiti, English in Singapore)

    Grandslam 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-04-21

  • As the Filipino people, This house prefers a national identity based on a shared anti-colonial struggle rather than a reconstructed precolonial history

    Philippine Schools Debating Championship 2023 · Grand Final · 2023-04-20

  • In the case of ethnographic research on remote and minority communities, THis HouSe supports the use of ethnographic refusal in postcolonial scholarship

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    Ethnography is a descriptive study of a particular human society and the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork and requires the complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of the people who are the subject of his study. Many ethnographers reside in the field for a year or more, learning the local language or dialect and, to the greatest extent possible, participating in everyday life while at the same time **trying** to maintain an observer's objective detachment. Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants logether decide not to make particular information available for use within the academia. Engaging in ethnographic refusal as method, then, is intended as an ethical intervention that provides research participants the opportunity To dictate whether knowledge is to be made available within the academia among other places. Examples of ethnographic refusal include the presence of contamination (in places, bodies or animals), or access to knowledge that is considered sacred, amidst various other things.

    Polemic 2024 · Novice Finals · 2023-04-17

  • In the case of ethnographic research on remote and minority communities, This House supports the use of ethnographic refusal in postcolonial scholarship

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    Ethnography is a descriptive study of a particular human society and the process of making such a study. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork and requires the complete immersion of the anthropologist in the culture and everyday life of the people who are the subject of his study. Many ethnographers reside in the field for a year or more, learning the local language or dialect and, to the greatest extent possible, participating in everyday life while at the same time **trying** to maintain an observer's objective detachment. Ethnographic refusal is a practice by which researchers and research participants logether decide not to make particular information available for use within the academia. Engaging in ethnographic refusal as method, then, is intended as an ethical intervention that provides research participants the opportunity To dictate whether knowledge is to be made available within the academia among other places. Examples of ethnographic refusal include the presence of contamination (in places, bodies or animals), or access to knowledge that is considered sacred, amidst various other things.

    Polemic 2024 · Open Semi Finals · 2023-04-17

  • This house believes that that elites in post-colonial countries should actively indigenize themselves.

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    Indigenization is the act of making something more native; transforming some service, idea, etc., to suit local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in public administration, employment, and other fields.

    HKDC 2023 · 4 · 2023-03-25