Document Type
Education/Competitive Duality
Abstract
This paper reviews the recent argument that forensics is epistemic, suggesting that those who adopt that metaphor could serve themselves better by approaching impromptu speaking as an epistemic exercise. It draws upon Pat Gehrke's critique of debate pedagogy to form a framework to analyze impromptu as it is currently performed-and its obsession with starting from the truth, espousing all views with certainty, and adhering to a linear model of analysis. Finally, it offers several options for those impromptuers wishing to break the mold, arguing that the so called "mistakes" made by beginning impromptuers could, with practice, lead to more insightful speeches than the current style of competition.
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Recommended Citation
Steudeman, Michael
(2008)
"Uncertainity in Spontaneity: Toward an Epistemic Impromptu,"
Proceedings of the National Developmental Conference on Individual Events: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 27.
Available at:
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/ndcieproceedings/vol4/iss1/27