ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that what is true for culmral studies is also true for other disciplines; the precarious position of cultural studies merely exposes a general rule. Cultural studies' willingness or otherwise to deal with the issues has to be seen in the context of the university. If cultural studies are to be a discipline capable of doing more than merely analysing any popular knowledge as an external object, it will need to address the questions raised by the ambivalent relationship between the university and popular knowledge. Popular knowledge becomes less and less desirable the closer it gets to the realms of teaching and research. If popular knowledge is kept in its place as a method of enquiry reserved for decisions made outside of research contexts, or as an object of study for particular disciplines, no problem is encountered.
