Biography
I am a Reader in Music working at the intersection between popular music studies and ethnomusicology and teaching at Liverpool John Moores University since 2007. My educational background includes bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Germany and the UK, and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield. Stressing a multidisciplinary approach, my research and teaching engages critical theoretical and methodological issues in ethnomusicology and popular music studies, and I locate these issues in the scholarly intersections of cultural studies, music, anthropology and sociology. I have authored two monographs (Trajectories and Themes in World Popular Music: Globalization, Capitalism, Identity, 2018; Experiencing Ethnomusicology, 2009) and two edited books (The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Music Migration and Tourism, 2014; Ethnomusicology in the Academy: International Perspectives, 2011), as well as journal articles, book chapters, open-access resources, encyclopaedia entries, and others. I am the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed Journal of World Popular Music and book series editor of Transcultural Music Studies (Equinox). During 2010-2013, I served as co-editor of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology’s flagship journal Ethnomusicology Forum, served as a member of the journal's International Advisory Board (2014-2016), and currently serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Popular Music Education. I was a committee member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (until 2011) and hold professional memberships with the Society for Ethnomusicology, British Forum for Ethnomusicology, International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Royal Musicological Association, and others. During 2015-2018, I am serving as a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council's (AHRC) Peer Review College, and have reviewed major funding grants, book proposals and article submissions. I am an award-winning educator with experience teaching ethnomusicology, media and cultural studies, world music and popular music studies, and sociology, and I have served as an external examiner for PG Music programmes at the University of Sheffield (2014-2018), and currently supervise six doctoral students. Prior to embarking on my music-academic career, I completed a professional Masters in Banking Services and Operations (1992-1995) and BSc in Business Economics with Marketing specialisation (1995-1999).
Languages
English
German
Degrees
2007, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, PhD
2003, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom, PGCE
2002, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom, BA (Hons) in Music with Computing
1999, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, Stralsund, Germany, Diplom-Betriebswirtschafterin mit Schwerpunkt in Marketing [BSc with Honours in Business Economics with Specialisation in Marketing]
1995, Sparkasse Neubrandenburg, Germany, Bankbetriebswirtin [Master Professional in Banking Services and Operations]
Academic appointments
Reader in Music, Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - present
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2015 - 2017
Programme Leader in Popular Music Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, 2013 - 2015
Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies/Popular Music, Liverpool John Moores University, 2007 - 2013
Academic Leader & SOLSTICE Research Co-ordinator, Edge Hill University, 2005 - 2007
Lecturer in Ethnomusicology, University of Wales, Bangor, 2005 - 2006
Postgraduate training
PGCE, UK, University of Central Lancashire, 2001 - 2003
Publications
Chapters
Krüger Bridge S. 2019. Tourism and Music Sturman JL. SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture Sage
Krüger Bridge S. 2019. Music Industry Sturman JL. SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture Sage
Krüger Bridge S. 2019. Paraguay: History, Culture, and Geography of Music Sturman JL. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture Sage. New York
Krüger Bridge S. 2019. Paraguay: Modern and Contemporary performance practice Sturman JL. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture Sage. New York
Krüger Bridge S. 2018. Transnational Music Stahl G, Percival JM. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Place Routledge. New York
Krüger S. 2015. The Cosmopolitan City: Music and Mediation during the European Capital of Culture Event Yilmaz A, Trandafoiu R, Mousoutzanis A. Media and Cosmopolitanism 3 :93-120 Peter Lang. New York 978-3-0343-0969-1
Krüger S, Trandafoiu R. 2014. Introduction: Touristic and Migrating Musics in Transit Krueger S, Trandafoiu R. The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Music Migration and Tourism :1-31 Routledge. New York 978-0-415-64007-7
Krüger S, Trandafoiu R. 2014. Introduction: Touristic and Migrating Musics in Transit Krüger S, Trandafoiu R. The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Music Migration and Tourism :1-31 Routledge. New York 978-0-415-64007-7
Krüger Bridge S. 2014. Branding the City: Music Tourism and the European Capital of Culture Event The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Music Migration and Tourism Routledge. New York 978-0-415-64007-7
Krüger S. 2013. Undoing Authenticity as a Discursive Construct: A Critical Pedagogy of Ethnomusicology and “World Music” Alge B, Kraemer O. Beyond Borders: Welt-Musik-Pädagogik: Musikpädagogik und Ethnomusikologie im Diskurs Wissner Verlag. Augsburg, Germany
Book
Krüger Bridge S. 2018. Trajectories and Themes in World Popular Music: Globalisation, Capitalism, Identity Equinox. Sheffield, UK 9781781796214 >Link
Krüger Bridge S, Trandafoiu R. 2014. The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Music Migration and Tourism Routledge. New York 978-0-415-64007-7
Krüger Bridge S. 2009. Ethnomusicology in the Academy: International Perspectives (special issue) 51 VWB Verlag 978-3-86135-821-3
Krüger S. 2009. Experiencing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Learning in European Universities Routledge [An Ashgate Book]. Abingdon 9780754667780
Editorial/letter to the editor
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S, Nowak R. 2017. Editorial Introduction 4.2 (2017) Journal of World Popular Music, 4
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S, Nowak R. 2017. Editorial Introduction 4.1 (2017) Journal of World Popular Music, 4
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2016. Editorial Introduction 3.2 (2016) Journal of World Popular Music, 3 :162-165
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2016. Editorial Introduction 3.1 (2016) Journal of World Popular Music, 3 :5-7
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2015. Editorial Introduction 2.2 (2015) Journal of World Popular Music, 2 :151-154
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2015. Editorial Introduction 2.1 (2015) Journal of World Popular Music, 2 :5-7
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2014. Editorial Introduction 1.2 (2014) Journal of World Popular Music, 1 :187-190
Krüger Bridge S, Baker S. 2014. Editorial Introduction 1.1 (2014l Journal of World Popular Music, 1 :5-10
Krüger Bridge S, Wiggins T, Kallimopoulou E. 2013. Editorial Ethnomusicology Forum, 22 :127-128
Krüger Bridge S, Wiggins T, Kallimopoulou E. 2013. Editorial Ethnomusicology Forum, 22 :267-268
Krüger Bridge S, Nooshin L. 2011. Editorial Ethnomusicology Forum, 20 :121-122
Krüger Bridge S, Nooshin L. 2011. Welcome to the 20th Celebratory Edition of Ethnomusicology Forum Ethnomusicology Forum, 20 :1-2
Journal article
Krà ger S. 2016. In Conversation with Steve Levine Journal of Popular Music Studies, 28 :101-125 >DOI
Krüger S. 2016. In Conversation with Steve Levine Journal of Popular Music Studies, 27
Krüger S. 2015. World Music, World Circuit: In Conversation with Nick Gold Journal of World Popular Music,
Krüger S. 2012. 民主的教育法――イギリスの音楽民族学およびワールド・ミュージック教育の観点から [Minshuteki Kyoikuho---Igirisu no Ongaku Minzokugaku oyobi World Music Kyoiku no Kanten kara]. Transl. by Junko Nishimura Minamikyushu University Journal of The Human Development Research, 2 :135-152
Krüger S. 2011. Ethnomusicology in the Academy: An Introduction Krueger S. The World of Music, 3 :7-20
Krüger S. 2011. The Ethnomusicologist as Pedagogue: Disciplining Ethnomusicology in the United Kingdom The World of Music, 3 :139-170
Krüger S. 2011. Democratic Pedagogies: Perspectives from Ethnomusicology and World Music Educational Contexts in the United Kingdom Ethnomusicology, 55 :280-305
Other
Krüger S. 2015. Column on the trajectories of Music Education and Ethnomusicology (invited contribution) Hunter J. SEM Student News, 11 :6-6
Krüger S. Undoing Authenticity as a Discursive Construct: The Need for a Holistic Pedagogy of Ethnomusicology
Krüger S. Performing Ethnomusicology: Transforming Student Experiences in University Education
Krüger S. Transmitting Ethnomusicology in UK Universities: Towards a Model for Ethnomusicology Pedagogy
Krüger S. Future Approaches for Work-Based Learning: An Ethnographic Study into Students' Experiences
Poster
Krüger S. 2015. Embedding Student Research in the Undergraduate Curriculum: Learning in the Field 2015 Teaching and Learning Conference, Liverpool John Moores University
Conference publication
Krüger S. 2014. Music, Mediation and Place: A Cultural Musicology of the Cosmopolitan City http://culturalmusicology.org/simone-kruger-music-mediation-and-place-a-cultural-musicology-of-the-cosmopolitan-city/, CCM Congress on “Cultural Musicology”
Krüger S. 2008. Ethnography in the Performing Arts: Reflections on the Production of a Student Guide Sims W. 28th ISME World Conference, World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) :1-331
Kruger S. Students’ experiences of e-learning: a Virtual Ethnography into Blended Online Learning Banks S. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Networked Learning 2006, Fifth International Conference on Networked Learning 2006
Internet publication
Krüger S. 2013. Musiktourismus und -Migration: Neue Impulse in der Popularmusikforschung
Krüger S. 2013. Neue Perspektiven in der Ethnomusikologie:Musiktourismus und -migration
Kruger S, Lincoln S. 2010. Enhancing Employability in Music: An Ethnographic Study into Student Experiences
Krüger S. 2009. Ethnography in the Performing Arts: A Student Guide
Book review
Kruger S. 2011. Review of _The New (Ethno)Musicologies_, edited by Henry Stobart (Scarecrow, 2008). Ethnomusicology, 55 :128-135 >Link
Krüger S. 2011. Review of The New (Ethno)musicologies ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, 55 :128-135
Krüger S. 2010. Review of _Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective_ by Huib Schippers (Oxford University Press, 2010) Ethnomusicology Forum, 19 :273-275
Kruger S. 2009. Review of _The Musical Human: Rethinking John Blacking's Ethnomusicology in the Twenty-First Century_ edited by Suzel A. Reily (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006). BRIT J MUSIC EDUC, 26 :106-109
Krüger S. 2007. Review of _The Pure Drop: An Exploration and Celebration of World Music_ [website] by Thomas Ashelford et al., in association with AFC/Ethel. (URL: http://thepuredrop.com.au/) Yearbook for Traditional Music, :213-214
Krüger S. A Different Voice, A Different Song: Reclaiming Community through the Natural Voice and World Song Ethnomusicology Forum, 24
Report
Krüger S. 2010. Enhancing Employability in Music: An Ethnographic Study into Students' Work-Based Learning Experiences :1-105
Thesis/Dissertation
Krüger S. 2007. Experiencing Ethnomusicology: Students' Experiences of the Transmission of Ethnomusicology at Universities in the UK and Germany Stock JPJ, Pitts S. University of Sheffield >Link
Engagement & Impact
Award:
Award title: Walker Prize for final-year dissertation entitled “Liverpool’s World of Musics: An Ethnographic Study”, Awarding body: University of Liverpool (on behalf of Liverpool Hope University)
Award title: Liverpool SU Amazing Teaching Awards 2015, category Amazing Course Team, Awarding body: Liverpool Students' Union, URL: http://www.liverpoolsu.com/amazing-teaching-awards
Conference organisation:
Conference name: ICTM 2005 World Conference, Position: Conference Assistant, URL: http://www.ictmusic.org/events
Conference name: SOLSTICE 2006 Conference, Position: Co-organiser, URL: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/Conference2006/
Conference name: SOLSTICE 2007 Conference, Position: Co-organiser, URL: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/Conference2007/
Conference name: Seminar: Using Ethnography with University Students in the Performing Arts, Position: Organiser, URL: http://www.palatine.ac.uk/development-awards/1133/
Conference name: Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusioclogy, April 2009, Position: Conference Convenor, URL: http://www.bfe.org.uk/resources/DelegateHandbook$28FINAL$29.pdf
Conference presentation:
Title of presentation: Music, Identity and Guitar Culture in Paraguay, Conference title: Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology 2017, Place/location of conference: University of Sheffield, Presentation type: Oral presentation
Editorial boards:
Publication: Journal of Popular Music Education, Position: editorial board member, URL: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=254/
Publication: Equinox Series in Transcultural Music Studies, Position: Book series co-editor, URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/transcultural-music-studies/
Publication: Ethnomusicology Forum, Position: Member of the International Advisory Board, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=remf20#.VOHWcU0pWUk
Publication: Journal of World Popular Music, Position: Editor, URL: https://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/JWPM
External committees:
Committee name: BFE Committee, Organisation: British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Position: Website co-ordinator Membership secretary Co-editor _Ethnomusicology Forum_, URL: http://bfe.org.uk/Committee.html
External PGR examinations performed:
Name of University: SOAS, University of London, Award student examined for: PhD, Thesis title: World Music in British Secondary Schools
Media Coverage:
Links #1: http://www.ethnomusicology.org/news/342442/Paraguayan-Music-Panel-at-BFE-2017-Annual-Conference.htm, Media coverage: Paraguayan Music Panel at BFE 2017 Annual Conference, publicized by the Society for Ethnomusicology (News article, 26 April 2017)
Links #1: http://www.ultimahora.com/musica-nacional-congreso-inglaterra-n1080336.html, Media coverage: "Música nacional en congreso de Inglaterra" [Paraguayan national music at conference in England], publicized in Paraguayan newspaper Ultima Hora (23 April 2017)
Media coverage: Book "Experiencing Ethnomusicology" features since 2010 on website of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (https://bfe.org.uk/study-ethnomusicology)
Media coverage: Jan Fairley’s Review of "Experiencing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Learning in European Universities" published in World Music magazine Songlines 71 (October 2010):87.
Links #1: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ethnomusicology-conference-liverpool-john-moores-3418308, Media coverage: Ethnomusicology conference at Liverpool John Moores University, 14 April 2009, Liverpool ECHO
Links #1: http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/musicalmente-soy-eclectico-281536.html, Media coverage: “Musicalmente soy ecléctico"-article about research into guitar music cultures in Paraguay, publicized in the national newspaper ABC Color. Asuncion, Paraguay (20 July 2011)
Links #2: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Events/viewevent.aspx?articleID=1161, Links #1: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/event/in-conversation-with-steve-levine/, Media coverage: In conversation with Steve Levine
Links #1: http://www.abc.com.py/edicion-impresa/suplementos/abc-revista/mangore-eterno-309336.html, Media coverage: “Mangoré eterno”-article about research into guitar music culture in Paraguay, published (in print) in the supplement of the national newspaper ABC Color. Asuncion, Paraguay (18 September 2011)
Membership of professional bodies:
Member of The Anglo Paraguayan Society, The Anglo Paraguayan Society
Member of the Royal Musical Association (RMA), Royal Musical Association (RMA)
Member of the Art and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College (category 'Academic'), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/peerreview/college/
Member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), IASPM
Member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology (BFE), British Forum for Ethnomusicology, http://www.bfe.org.uk/
Member of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM), http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/home.cfm
Member of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), http://www.ictmusic.org/
Other invited event:
Title of event: Beyond Borders: Welt – Musik – Pädagogik. Musikpädagogik und Ethnomusikologie im Diskurs, Location: Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock, Germany, Description: Paper title "Authenticity in the Transmission of Music Cultures: The Need for a Holistic Ethnomusicology Pedagogy" (see https://www.hmt-rostock.de/fileadmin/hmt-rostock/2_Hochschule/Tagungen___Fortbildung/beyond_borders_final.pdf)
Title of event: Guest Lecture "Music in Neoliberal Culture", Location: University of Bern, Switzerland, Description: Gastvortrag am Institut für Musikwissenschaft im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft
Title of event: Closing Plenary, Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Location: University of Sheffield, UK, Description: Invited speaker at the closing plenary SPEAKERS: Simon Keegan-Phipps, University of Sheffield (Chair), Michael B. Bakan, Florida State University, Rachel Harris, SOAS, University of London, Simone Krüger Bridge, Liverpool John Moores University, Suzel Reily, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sean Williams, Evergreen State College
Title of event: Roundtable "Music and Higher Education: Exploring Curricular Reform", Location: Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology 2014, Description: Invited speaker
Title of event: Annual Conference on “What is Cool?”, Location: Department of Social and Political Science, University of Chester, UK, Description: for paper, see http://www.academia.edu/26364297/The_Appeal_of_Cool_in_World_Popular_Music_Identity_Authenticity_and_Branding
Title of event: “Prestige Talk 2016” of the Anglo Paraguayan Society (UK), Location: Instituto Cervantes London, Description: Paper title: “Agustín Barrios Mangoré: Revival and Adaptation in Contemporary Paraguayan Music” (see: https://www2.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/viewarticle/2775/)
Title of event: Commonwealth Creativities in Intercultural Arts Network (CIAN) Forum, Location: University of Cambridge, Description: Invited speaker @ Forum 1: Mapping Intercultural Arts Practices http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/cian/SamCurkpatrick_Forum1_summary_13Dec.pdf
Title of event: CCM Congress on “Cultural Musicology”, Location: University of Amsterdam, Musicology Department, Description: Invited roundtable speaker at the CCM Congress on “Cultural Musicology”, 24 – 25 January 2014, Department of Musicology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (http://culturalmusicology.org/conference-2014/).
Title of event: International Conference "Beyond Borders: Welt - Musik - Pädagogik. Musikpädagogik und Ethnomusikologie im Diskurs", Location: Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Rostock, Germany, Description: Invited Speaker at the International Conference exploring the interconnectedness between music pedagogy and ethnomusicology
Other Professional Activity:
Describe the Professional Activities: Board member, German Church Liverpool
Describe the Professional Activities: Chief Conductor and musicologist Luis Szarán visited LJMU upon my invitation in April 2011 (see http://paraguaysocietyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/music-of-paraguay-talk-by-luis-szaran_27.html)
Describe the Professional Activities: Talk about research on live radio show hosted by Luz Maria Bobadilla, Radio Ñanduti, Asuncion (July 2011)
Describe the Professional Activities: Host of public talk “In Conversation with Steve Levine”, LJMU (8 January 2015). See ECHO, available at http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/event/in-conversation-with-steve-levine/
Describe the Professional Activities: Host of public talk “In Conversation with Nick Gold” @ Liverpool John Moores University (16 April 2015)
Research Grants Awarded:
Higher Education Academy, Ethnography in the Performing Arts: A Student Guide, Grant value (£): 2,500
Higher Education Academy, Enhancing Employability in Music, Sian Lincoln, Grant value (£): 7,500
Teaching qualification:
Title of qualification gained: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Title of qualification gained: Postgraduate Certificate in Education (post-compulsory education)