Leonidas Economou

Leonidas Economou (1960) received his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1994. He is presently Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University. His research interests include urban theory and ethnography, the social production of space, urban representations and culture, and the history of cities with particular emphasis on Athens. He is also interested in the anthropology of music and ethnopoetics, especially in relation to the Greek popular music (1950-2000). His publications include various articles and the books: The Social Production of Urban Space in Post-war Athens The Case of Voula (Athens 2008, Ellinika Grammata), and Stelios Kazantzidis. Trauma, Religion, and Politics in Post-war Laiko Song (2015, Athens, Patakis).