Dr Christina Rowley is a Research Associate in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, as well as working for the ESRC. I caught up with her at a Connected Communities showcase (with her ESRC hat on) but we managed to find a few minutes to talk about her on-going research.
Popular culture and politics may seem worlds apart, but is this really the case? In the Vietnam War, soldiers would listen to the music sent by their friends and family; today, iPods are common items of a soldier’s equipment, with music being played as they prepare for battle or in their vehicles. But why are rap and heavy metal so prevalent on playlists? And what role does popular culture have in influencing the attitudes and behaviour of both military personnel and the public towards war? Christina’s work looks at culture and its relationship to military interventions, and how TV can be a critical space to explore politics.
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