http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog Soccer as a second language Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Copyright © The Global Game 2011 admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) 1440 http://www.theglobalgame.com/images/dembaksm.jpg http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog 144 144 Soccer as a second language The Global Game The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com no no http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:41:56 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=972 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting The Soccer Project.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-footballs-happy-existence-inside-the-paris-museum/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/jean-baudrillard-1929-2007-coining-a-worldwide-currency-for-football-violence/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/jean-baudrillard-1929-2007-coining-a-worldwide-currency-for-football-violence/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:34:51 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=243 Paris, Mar 12 | Little evidence exists of Jean Baudrillard's rooting interests in football. The French philosopher, who died Mar 6, left behind a corpus of cultural reflection. To him belonged clear-eyed, if not always clearly worded, explication of concepts such as "hyperreality" and "simulation”—with the latter implying more than Arjen Robben flopping around on the left-hand touchline. Such notions have lent themselves to football, including Baudrillard's own essay on the Heysel disaster of 1985.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/jean-baudrillard-1929-2007-coining-a-worldwide-currency-for-football-violence/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 22:49:16 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=242 Rabat, Morocco, Mar 11 | A cursory survey of women's use of the hijab within football, in both Muslim and non-Muslim lands, shows variance that likely defies a systemic approach.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/03/coverage-abroad-in-islamic-world-head-scarves-not-always-compulsory-football-equipment/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/a-portrait-with-fluidity-preserving-zidanes-day-of-work-on-the-green-of-the-field/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/a-portrait-with-fluidity-preserving-zidanes-day-of-work-on-the-green-of-the-field/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:56:49 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=240 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/02/a-portrait-with-fluidity-preserving-zidanes-day-of-work-on-the-green-of-the-field/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/04/clases-de-baile-zidanes-dance-class-takes-final-bow/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/04/clases-de-baile-zidanes-dance-class-takes-final-bow/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:25:34 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=141 Madrid | With pledges "to leave it all behind" and to start playing the game with children, archetypal playmaking midfielder Zinédine Zidane has announced his retirement from football following the World Cup finals. Typically, the 33-year-old player for Real Madrid and France looked sheepish facing the bank of microphones and cameras at Wednesday's press conference. "Yes, he is shy," said France teammate Thierry Henry.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/04/clases-de-baile-zidanes-dance-class-takes-final-bow/feed/ 5 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/02/jamaica-spreading-ja-love-from-the-left-wing/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/02/jamaica-spreading-ja-love-from-the-left-wing/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2005 17:20:32 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=1639 Bob Marley's connections with football have been well-documented. He played as a midfielder, usually on the left. These associations are worth considering at Marley's 60th birthday celebrations in Addis Ababa.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2005/02/jamaica-spreading-ja-love-from-the-left-wing/feed/ 0