[Philosop] Interdisciplinary Online Speaker Series on the Ethics of Argumentation: Justin Eckstein - Sound Tactics in the March for our Lives

[Stevens, Katharina]

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We are excited to announce the third talk in the 2026 Interdisciplinary Speaker Series on the Ethics of Argumentation! The series takes place on the first Friday of every month at 1PM ET. It hosts a variety of distinguished speakers from many areas, including philosophy, political science, communication studies, jurisprudence as well as public intellectuals.   

You will be able to see the list of abstracts for this year under: 
https://www.argnet.org/ethics-of-arg.

You will also find information about our upcoming speaker. Furthermore, you can watch past talks on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF50_BXQYXwcqFfLdXav5rg.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE A TALK, PLEASE EMAIL Katharin...@uleth.ca. You will be added to a mailing list that receives the zoom links for the talks each month. We will assume that those who subscribed in the last years would like to remain subscribed, but please email us if you would like to be removed from the list. 

We are looking forward to the third talk of our 2026 series on March 6th   at 1 PM ET by Justin Eckstein:

Sound Tactics in the March for our Lives 

In Sound Tactics, I position sound as a vital resource within the rhetorical arsenal of contemporary activism. I develop a theory of “sound tactics,” arguing that the qualities of immediacy, intensity, and immersion uniquely equip sound to compel institutional response. In this talk, I will focus on the March for Our Lives movement. I will illustrate how the sonic dimensions of protest, what I call a "cut out," generated an affective urgency that reframed public discourse on gun violence. This case underscores rhetoric and argumentation's broader contribution to sound studies, revealing how auditory practices shape conditions of resistance, accountability, and collective judgment.