Again, I’ll get back to you with some more ideas.. perhaps it could be discussed within a Freerange forum?

I think there are many more on this list – basically all the stuff that architects should be doing/thinking of instead of spending so much energy and time protecting themselves from society.

After re-reading the context of my original article, I was actually taking the approach of viewing intellectualism as a means rather than an end because it was all about taking the approach of re-thinking architectural practice and research; vis a vis architectural journalism, curatorial work (hence my reference to Archigram) etc. etc. That was the purpose of my article.
I think perhaps the issue of intellectualism was stripped out of context a bit and discussed rather independently, which wasn’t really the point.. albeit a lot of interesting discussion came out of it.

Moving on from that though, one of the main problems of architecture in 21C is not only the objectification of it by architects, but also the virulent protectionism systemic to the institutional culture of architects, sustained by architects.
Architects must realize in an outward-looking manner that architecture as a discipline is not just about buildings; it is just as much if not more about people, environments and the interweaving social/cultural/political values that surround them.
Architecture is fundamentally about a shared set of human values concerning the world around us and it is precisely this area of concern where architects must make the right ethical choices to have a sense of purpose in regards to what they do as designers and thinkers.
I think that should be a potential trajectory of thought, which in turn could help to redefine notions of architectural practice and research; i.e. what it means to practice architecture.