In 1973, a brilliant critic named Stuart Hall created a diagram that changed the way we study media, and could help you survive this moment. Just dropped: the second letter in my series about how to analyze the media in a time of crisis. It's all about codes. https://buttondown.com/thehypothesis/archive/the-man-who-discovered-media-codes-and-how-to/ #media #stuarthall #mediastudies #discourse

A Microcosm of the World: C.L.R. James, interviewed by Stuart Hall, introduction by Phoebe Braithwaite: The complete, unaired 1976 BBC interview:

"In May 1976, the Jamaican-born cultural theorist Stuart Hall sat down in the BBC’s studios in West London to interview the Trinidadian-born intellectual C.L.R. James."

#StuartHall #Academic #Africa #Blacks #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #Books #PhoebeBraithwaite #CLRJames

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/12/21/a-microcosm-of-the-world-clr-james-stuart-hall/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2024-12-21_Braithwaite-Hall-James-1&fbclid=IwY2xjawHT4U1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHel7dkSbTaw9nCMYjcpLsQCFfrYjMWfIbL8Dz7tCyDsah4DqPy1ZELwRVg_aem_n7TWu7ih_N78ES6TJmGVzQ

“I think a certain optimism is required. A pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will, Gramsci said. That means hard thought, hard graft, recognising what the world is like, recognising the way the terrain is set against you, and then remembering the openness of history, and seeing whether one can intervene”

Stuart Hall in John Akomfrah’s expansive 2013 film which we watched last night
https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-the-stuart-hall-project-2013-online