Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall's British cultural studies preserved online

He used the Sony Walkman as a case study of how social, cultural and economic life can be expressed through a single technology. He used the Sony Walkman as a case study of how social, cultural and economic life can be expressed through a single technology. 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 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 Now a major digital archive of his previously unpublished papers, notebooks, recordings and videos has been launched. 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".