Posts Tagged ‘ World Cup ’

What Paul the Octopus tells us about the World Cup….or why globalisation spells the slow death of FIFA’s treasured tournament.

July 15, 2010
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What Paul the Octopus tells us about the World Cup….or why globalisation spells the slow death of FIFA’s treasured tournament.

What is more remarkable than the accuracy of the predictions made by Paul the Octopus was the absence of compelling onfield stories and game play that allowed for Paul to become the major story of the World Cup.
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“Africa’s Heartbreak”? A Report From Malawi

July 3, 2010
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“Africa’s Heartbreak”? A Report From Malawi

If "Africa" exists, it is only in brief moments, so to pity Africa and feel sorry for "its" loss is to fall into a nasty discursive trap.
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

June 17, 2010
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

The controversy over the vuvuzelas is a reflection of the larger story here - that there are more ways than ever before to follow and participate in this first World Cup of the social media era.
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