This is the second volume in the series that documents the 19th edition of the biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. The volume contains contributions on the variety of musical genres from all over the world. Authors engage with the role of popular music in contemporary music education, as well as definitions and conceptualizations of the notion of 'popular' in different contexts. Other issues discussed in this volume include methodologies, the structure and interpretations of popular music scenes, genres and repertoires, approaches to education in this area, popular music studies outside the Anglophone world, as well as examinations of discursive and technological aspects of numerous popular music phenomena.

Marija Dumni? Vilotijevi? is a research associate at the Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Her research focus is on urban folk music and related genres, as well as sound archiving.

Ivana Medi? is a research associate at the Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Her research focus is on alternative rock and contemporary avant-garde art music.