Martin Cloonan
Ph.D, M.A., B.A.
martin.cloonan@utu.fi +358 29 450 3951 +358 50 464 5411 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku Office: 214 |
Areas of expertise
The political economy and history of the music industries; live music, popular music policy, freedom of expression, popular music.
The political economy and history of the music industries; live music, popular music policy, freedom of expression, popular music.
Biography
Professor Martin Cloonan is Director of the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS).
Before joining TIAS Martin was Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow.
Martin also chaired the anti-censorship NGO, Freemuse (www.freemuse,org) and managed the Glasgow-based band Zoey Van Goey (www.zoeyvangoey.com).
For a list of publications and see https://www.utu.fi/sites/default/files/public://media/file/Publications July 19.pdf
Research
My research concerns the political economy of the music industries.
Publications 
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- The music industries: Theory, practice and vocations – a polemical intervention (2017) Higher Education in Music in the Twenty-First Century Cloonan Martin, Williamson John
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The Sage Handbook of Popular Music. Edited by Andy Bennett and Steve Waksman . London: Sage, 2015. 647 pp. ISBN 978-1-4462-1085-7 (2017)
- Popular Music
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Cultural value and cultural policy: some evidence from the world of live music (2016)
- International Journal of Cultural Policy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 'I'm there to play music not break up fights': gigging entertainers' experiences of alcohol-related misbehaviour by audiences and its impact on performance (2016)
- Popular Music
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Live concert performance - an ecological approach (2016)
- Rock Music Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Musique, syndicalisme et politique ou Royaume-Uni: remarques sur la pragmtisme de la British Musicians’ Union (2016) Politiques des Musiques populaires au XXIe siècle Martin Cloonan
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Negotiating needletime: the Musicians' Union, the BBC and the record companies, c. 1920-1990 (2016)
- Social History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Players’ Work Time: A history of the British Musicians’ Union, 1893-2013. (2016) Players’ Work Time: A history of the British Musicians’ Union, 1893-2013. John Williamson, Martin Cloonan
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Watching them walk out taller than they walked in: Sydney's venues in 2016 (2016)
- Perfect Beat
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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