ABSTRACT
This chapter animates two signature features of Stuart Hall's sociology, diaspora and culture, to draw attention to not only the paradigms manifest in his work but also how they point to fruitful paths to guide the future of the field. The sociology of Stuart Hall has at its core a working and powerful assumption that if it is true that slavery and colonization sought to silence Black subjects, then it must also be true that where there is Black noise Black messages, debates, politics and thus social scientific data abound. Stuart Hall performed great acts of sociology is indisputable. Such facts, however, do not mean that when the great conclave of the social sciences meet that his name will make it into the canon or even receive some version of disciplinary sainthood. Stuart Hall's oeuvre is one where the personal is political and sociological with many lessons. Sometimes objectivity creates a distance that obscures rather than uncovers facts.
