In his “The Great Game and the Informal Empire,” David Goldblatt makes a bold but well-accepted statement: “Nacional in Montevideo, Stade Francais in Paris, and Independiente in Buenos Aires were all created in opposition to English-dominated clubs in their cities and inevitable came to carry a nationalist flag onto the pitch.” These Continental and South American clubs have … [Read more...]
Globalization–Not Just Materialist
As a student new to both the field of anthropology as well as the idea of studying globalization, I consider myself somewhat of a blank-slate to high-concept theories and ideas. Of course I, like many others, considered globalization in its simplest form to be a compression of the barriers and boundaries between societies. Technology has made it so easy to connect that our … [Read more...]