John Schofield

John Schofield is Professor of Archaeology at the University of York where he specialises in cultural heritage and archaeologies of the contemporary world. A few years back he wrote (with Paul Graves-Brown) two papers on artworks by the Sex Pistols which adorn the walls of their former home and studio in London’s Denmark Street. These were published in the leading international journal Antiquity. John appeared on the BBC’s early evening news to discuss the artworks. The Daily Mail referred to John and Paul as ‘twittish academics’. Much of John’s research defies the conventional definition of archaeology: he is currently working with plastic pollution, for example. He recently co-edited the book Music as Heritage: New Perspectives on Place-making and Sonic Identity (Routledge, 2021). Recent papers include work on Sheffield’s industrial sound and on record collections. When time allows, John DJs. In 2019 he DJ’d the launch of Vivienne Westwood’s and Jamie Reid’s ‘Bondage to Liberation: Anarchic Collections’ exhibition in Lincoln Castle’s Victorian Museum