Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online
Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture Whether it was Thatcherism, populism or the…
The Guardian reports: Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture Whether it was Thatcherism, populism or the story of the Sony Walkman, Stuart Hall was a public intellectual famed for defining the times.
Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos has been launched.
This technology story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Stuart Hall’s British, Sony Walkman and Walkman.
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- Stuart Hall’s British, Sony Walkman, Walkman, the Jamaica-born
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- When the Jamaica-born sociologist and seminal figure in postwar Black British history died in 2014 aged 82, his obituary in the Guardian said he had been “among the first to identify key questions of the age”. (The Guardian)
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