The CCCS pioneered transdisciplinary collective research in cultural studies

Evidence

PTC was conceived and written at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS ), a new research center in a new and evolving field which opened in 1964. At the time, Stuart Hall was the only member of staff involved in the study; John Clarke, Chas Critcher, and Tony Jefferson were registered postgraduate Centre members, and Brian Roberts was formally attached to the Department of Sociology. Many other Centre people contributed to it. The Centre’s approach was transdisciplinary, and this facilitated authors bringing different perspectives and concerns into the research. In a “post-1968” participatory spirit, CCCS was committed to collective modes of intellectual work, research, and writing, in which staff and graduate students worked together. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 1039

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Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: This institutional history contextualizes how Hall’s intellectual contributions were inseparable from their collective making — relevant to the ‘lifelong learner’ goal of understanding his intellectual life.