The Close-up Discussion Club
The Place: The Granary (Hambara), 22,' 6th September' Str.
Time: Every Thursday – 6.30 p.m.
Idea and coordination
Ventzislav Zankov vzankov@nbu.bg ,
Ivana Mourdjeva de_bella@yahoo.com

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L'experience morale ne demande rien de plus qu'un sujet capable
d'imputation, si l'on entend par imputabilite la capacite d'un sujet a se designer comme l'auteur veritable de ses propres actes.

………………. A son tour, l'idee d'imputabilite, en tant que capacite, se laisse inscrire dans la
longue enumeration des capacites par lesquelles je caracterise volontiers, au plan anthropologique, ce que j'appelle l'homme capable: capacite de parler, capacite de faire, capacite de se raconter; l'imputabilite ajoute a cette sequence la capacite de se poser comme agent.

DEBATING AT THE 'CLOSEUP' DISCUSSION CLUB: HOW DOES IT WORK?

The CloseUp Discussion Club provides room for informal public debates, which keep out the discourse of 'orthodox' formal discussions with its rigid audience-versus-lecturer format.

Debaing at the CloseUp Discussion Club allows for genuine sharing of opinion and responsible participants' involvement in the debated topics.

Discussions take place Thursdays, 6.30 pm.: discussion topics areannounced beforehand.

The club opens space for participants to share and therefore presenters are challenged to go beyond rigidly framed presentations and to establish good rapport with the audience.

The club does not waste efforts to 'mimic' an environment of supporters. Presenters have to work to receive understanding and support for their views.

The club is open to anyone who is interested in joining and open to share their opinion freely.
The discussions cover a wide range of topics, attracting various soical groups and individuals from all walks of life: in this way the club mobilizes impressive 'educational' resourses.

Discussion participants keep a dynamic profile, which mostly depends on the presented topic, the appeal of the preliminary topic announcement and naturally the presenter him/herself.

'Faking' an interesting topic and recruiting regular participants are not practiced at the club.

The club's 'regulars' are those who make a demanding audience: people capable of asserting their views in debates and responsibly presenting their positions.

CloseUp Discussion Club
Thursdays, 6.30 pm, The Granary
http://zetmag.org/na_tjasno

Initiated by:
Ventsislav Zankov
Ivan Murdzheva
'E80' Association for Exit Strategies and Projects