Introduction to the special issue

Author Biographies

• Sara Cohen, University of Liverpool

  Sara Cohen is Professor of Music and Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool, a member of the Editorial Board of Ethnomusicology Forum, and a former editor of Popular Music. She specializes in ethnographic research on popular music and in research on music and urban geography. Institute of Popular Music School of Music University of Liverpool 80-82 Bedford Street South Liverpool L69 7WW

• John Schofield, University of York

  John Schofield is an archaeologist specializing in contemporary archaeology, the archaeology of recent conflict and landscape. After 21 years with English Heritage, he recently took up the post of Director of Studies in Cultural Heritage Management at the University of York. University of York Department of Archaeology King's Manor Exhibition Square York YO1 7EP

• Brett Lashua, Leeds Metropolitan University

  Brett Lashua is a Lecturer in the Carnegie Faculty of Sport, Leisure and Education at Leeds Metropolitan University. From 2007–2009 he was a Research Associate at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Popular Music (IPM). His research interests are in ethnographic studies at the intersections of popular music, urban spaces, and youth cultures. Carnegie Faculty of Sport, Leisure, & Education Leeds Metropolitan University 221 Cavendish Hall Headingley Campus Leeds LS6 3QS