Dr Marta Herrero
Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries
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Marta joined the Cultural and Creative Industries Group in the Management School in September 2012. Prior to this, she worked at the Universities of Plymouth and Trinity College Dublin.
PhD (Trinity College, Dublin)
MA (Lancaster University)
BA Hons (University of Barcelona)
Teaching and Learning
MGT6069: Introduction to the Creative and Cultural Industries
MGT6071: Cultural Leadership and Management
MGT686: Critical Issues in Tourism
MGT689: Dissertation
Research Interests
Marta obtained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Dublin on the emergence of modern art collecting in Ireland, with empirical studies on the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Her primary research interest is in the economic foundations of the cultural industries, and she is currently working on three projects:
1-The impact of philanthropy and sponsorship on the cultural sector. Marta is writing a book to be published by Routledge with Victoria Alexander (University of Surrey) on historical and contemporary aspects of philanthropy in the arts in the UK. She is also working on a number of articles on the role of emotions in influencing pro-social behaviour.
2-International art markets: Principal investigator in a British Academy funded project, with Ling-Yun Tang (University of Hong Kong), exploring the impact of organisational business cultures on the sale and marketing of contemporary Chinese art in the London and Hong Kong art markets.
3-Gender, artistic production and entrepreneurship. This is a study of the Sheffield visual arts sector exploring the importance of gender differences on how artists approach their plans and opportunities for career development.
Business Engagement
Marta has developed a series of collaborations with various heritage museums in York in a study of volunteering and its impact on well-being. The principal funder of this project is the Yorkshire Air Museum.
Memberships
President of the International Sociological Association’s Sociology of the Art Research Committee (2010-14)
International advisory board Cultural Sociology
Board member Sociological Research Online
Publications
Books
Herrero, M. and Alexander, V. 2014. Philanthropy, Art and Society. Routledge
Herrero, M. and Inglis, D. (eds.) 2009. Art and Aesthetics: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences. 4 volumes. London: Routledge
2007. Irish Intellectuals and Aesthetics: The Making of a Modern Art Collection. Dublin and Portland, Oregon: Irish Academic Press
Guest journal editor
2013. ‘Sociology and Art Markets’, special issue, European Societies
Refereed Journal Articles
2011. ‘Selling National Value at the Auction Market: The London and Dublin Markets for Irish art’, Cultural Sociology, 5(1): 139-53
2010. ‘Auctions, Rituals and Emotions in the Art Market’, Thesis Eleven, 103(1): 97-107
2010. ‘Performing Calculation in the Art Market’, Journal of Cultural Economy, 3(1): 19-34
2009. ‘Art Markets, Sociology and the Emotional Art Object’, Sociology Compass, vol. 3(6): 911-19
2005. ‘Encounters with Postmodern Art: Zygmunt Bauman, Sociology and Art', Irish Journal of Sociology, 14(1): 131-40
2002. ‘Towards a Sociology of Art Collections: Modernity, Intellectuals and Art Collections’, International Sociology, 17(1): 57-72