The Paper World Cup: Saturday, June 12th

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Saturday, June 12th

The World Cup starts with a draw
(and a beautiful goal) of the hosts against Mexico

A beautiful goal opens the World Cup
Folha de S. Paulo - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

An incomplete party
O Globo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brazil

The Fabulous and the jester
Lance! - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

What's happening with Kaká?
Jornal da Tarde - São Paulo - SP - Brazil

Dance, I wanna see it
Estado de Minas - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brazil

The first goal
Zero Hora - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil

Argentina, a dream in motion
Clarín - Buenos Aires - Argentina

The Argentine fantasy starts
La Nacion - Buenos Aires - Argentina

The Tri breathes with draws
Reforma - Mexico City - Mexico

With a flavor of defeat
Milenio - Mexico City - Mexico

Turn up, tune in, fly the flag
The Times - London - England

Goal! Sounds of joy - and mourning -
as South Africa kicks off World Cup
The Guardian - London - England

Eye on the ball
Irish Examiner - Dublin - Ireland

The first goal
Die Welt - Berlin - Germany

The South-african pride
fascinates the World
La Stampa - Turin - Italy

Party in Africa,
but without its Mandela
La Repubblica - Rome - Italy

24 Horas - Sofia - Bulgaria

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In August, 7th, 1945, newspapers around the World reported the use of a “nuclear artifact” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. At that time, was commom to read the news with expressions like “extraordinary advance of technics” and “admirable proof ot the human savoir-faire”. But it was unusual, in that august day, to see newspapers talking about the human casualties. Later, this perspective was reversed, and today the “technics advance” the bomb represented (almost) matters to nobody. The loss of thousands of lives, rather, placed in the center of the history, that may be rewritten. The newspapers, however, can’t.

In a moment that is predicated the end of the printed press - and even the book in paper - what is the point of writing a blog on the front pages of newspapers, during a World Cup?

Over time, perhaps, none - except to researchers who, at dawn, alight their eyes on what, long before, was important for people who, perhaps, aren't in this life anymore. Because of this the newspaper continues to be, perhaps, one of the most enduring sources to try to understands (or to confuse more and more) a time, to understand the dimensions of facts that, later, will jump from diaries to the pages of the History books.

The Paper World Cup is not a blog about the World Cup, nor on the press. Rather, it's about the intersection of these two elements, on the approaches that even with globalization, are still so different from one place to another. And it's, sure, about football too.

If the newspaper and the paper book will go away, nobody knows. Or almost nobody - the future belongs to the Octopus Paul.