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/2010/01/peruvian-women-in-fulbito-andino-find-light-in-the-darkness/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/peruvian-women-in-fulbito-andino-find-light-in-the-darkness/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:22:17 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2931 polleras) and play on weekends as respite from hard labors at home and in the fields.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/01/peruvian-women-in-fulbito-andino-find-light-in-the-darkness/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/mexico-despite-opposition-loyalists-continue-to-spread-america-brand/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/mexico-despite-opposition-loyalists-continue-to-spread-america-brand/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:37:58 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2441 With video »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/mexico-despite-opposition-loyalists-continue-to-spread-america-brand/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/08/a-soccer-players-escape-from-argentina%c2%a0-into-philosophy/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/08/a-soccer-players-escape-from-argentina%c2%a0-into-philosophy/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:41:36 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=334 Claudio Tamburrini—philosophy professor and former goalkeeper—speaks about his Mar 1978 decision to "opt for life" and escape an Argentine prison. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/08/a-soccer-players-escape-from-argentina%c2%a0-into-philosophy/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/cinema-in-tiro-libre-walls-of-separation-and-misunderstanding/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/cinema-in-tiro-libre-walls-of-separation-and-misunderstanding/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:59:45 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=442 Ed M. Koziarski, "Social Justice, with Soccer," Chicago Reader, Apr 3).]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/cinema-in-tiro-libre-walls-of-separation-and-misunderstanding/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:53:07 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=405 The Ancient Americas”) and Washington, D.C. (“Exploring the Early Americas”), feature artifacts of ball-playing in Mesoamerican cultures as part of larger surveys. (Mar 6)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/history-in-hard-stone-ancient-ball-playing-exploits-remain/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/footballs-place-in-yuletide-ritual/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/footballs-place-in-yuletide-ritual/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:40:58 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=340 Pascal Khoo Thwe recalls in From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey that football helped mark the festival calendar. To commemorate trophies at distant tournaments, his township team would receive homecoming welcome from a brass band playing Handel. But not The Messiah. (Dec 29)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/footballs-place-in-yuletide-ritual/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/the-planet-is-a-ball-certainly-true-in-suriname/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/the-planet-is-a-ball-certainly-true-in-suriname/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:04:41 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=314 Paramaribo, Suriname, Dec 12 | An itinerant search for football in the sweltering nether-zone of Suriname—hard to reach, its own authenticity as a country diminished by the locals—carries the reader through Daniel Titinger's 6,100-word narrative, "Kicking the Ball to Holland," in the Virginia Quarterly Review (fall 07).]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/12/the-planet-is-a-ball-certainly-true-in-suriname/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/cross-of-distinction-cruz-azuls-visit-to-atlanta-offers-another-cultural-intersection/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/cross-of-distinction-cruz-azuls-visit-to-atlanta-offers-another-cultural-intersection/#comments Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:03:10 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=263 Atlanta, Jul 25 | Much of soccer culture in the United States remains hidden, but matches such as the Jul 28 Copa Amistad between the Atlanta Silverbacks and Cruz Azul cast light on the place of the sport in everyday lives of Latinos. Will Ramí­rez, publisher of Estadio, a Spanish-language sports weekly based in Tucker, Georgia, describes in our Jul 24 podcast how he and many of the 425,000 Hispanics in the Atlanta area remain linked to soccer despite, or because of, displacement. Also joining us are Silverbacks owner Boris Jerkunica and Los Angeles Times writer Sam Quinones.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/cross-of-distinction-cruz-azuls-visit-to-atlanta-offers-another-cultural-intersection/feed/ 5 0:24:21 Atlanta, Jul 25 | Much of soccer culture in the United States remains hidden, but matches such as the Jul 28 Copa Amistad between the Atlanta Silverbacks and Cruz Azul cast light on the place of the sport in everyday lives of Latinos. Will R[...] Atlanta, Jul 25 | Much of soccer culture in the United States remains hidden, but matches such as the Jul 28 Copa Amistad between the Atlanta Silverbacks and Cruz Azul cast light on the place of the sport in everyday lives of Latinos. Will Ramí­rez, publisher of Estadio, a Spanish-language sports weekly based in Tucker, Georgia, describes in our Jul 24 podcast how he and many of the 425,000 Hispanics in the Atlanta area remain linked to soccer despite, or because of, displacement. Also joining us are Silverbacks owner Boris Jerkunica and Los Angeles Times writer Sam Quinones. Grassroots, Language, Media, Mexico, Podcast, USA admin@theglobalgame.com no no http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/lofty-discussions-moraless-maneuvering-in-zurich-may-earn-reprieve-for-la-paz/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/lofty-discussions-moraless-maneuvering-in-zurich-may-earn-reprieve-for-la-paz/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:40:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=259 Zurich, Switzerland, Jul 6 | Is it safe to play football on the Andean altiplano or the Tibetan plateau? FIFA has not decided yet, but it continues to modify its judgment, originally decreed in May, that FIFA competitions could not be staged above 2,500m. We interview, as part of our third podcast, Eduardo Ávila of Global Voices Online to learn about Bolivia's reaction to FIFA's decision-making process.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2007/07/lofty-discussions-moraless-maneuvering-in-zurich-may-earn-reprieve-for-la-paz/feed/ 2 0:00:01 Zurich, Switzerland, Jul 6 | Is it safe to play football on the Andean altiplano or the Tibetan plateau? FIFA has not decided yet, but it continues to modify its judgment, originally decreed in May, that FIFA competitions could not be staged ab[...] Zurich, Switzerland, Jul 6 | Is it safe to play football on the Andean altiplano or the Tibetan plateau? FIFA has not decided yet, but it continues to modify its judgment, originally decreed in May, that FIFA competitions could not be staged above 2,500m. We interview, as part of our third podcast, Eduardo Ávila of Global Voices Online to learn about Bolivia's reaction to FIFA's decision-making process. Bolivia, Podcast admin@theglobalgame.com no no