1. One of the academic pieces that Hall references in his "Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms" is Raymond Williams's Long Revolution-- a text that I remember being assigned to read and apply to texts in one of my undergraduate courses. While I'm just as unsure (probably even more unsure at this point) on whether I fully grasp the nuances of a "structure of feeling," my question is: how does Hall critique Williams's take on culture studies, and how does it fit in the broader contention between culturalism and structuralism?
2. "The Need for Culture Studies" is pretty straightforward in its argument: the stratification of disciplines is weakening intellectual work and doing students a disservice. I usually approach theoretical texts advocating for a complete upheaval with a skeptical eye, yet I consider the argument of this article both clear and sound, which leads me to ultimately agree. However, one question that I will always ask is: what would this concretely look like (with real-world examples) if implemented? How would such implementation avoid the problem that's already addressed, with a discipline's radical take eventually losing its bite as it grows in popularity?
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