Timothy J. Cooley
· Professor, EthnomusicologyUniversity of California, Santa Barbara · Music
Active 1996–2024
About
Timothy J. Cooley is a Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Santa Barbara, specializing in ethnomusicology. His research focuses on vernacular and popular musics of Central Europe, particularly Poland, as well as North American music. His interests include music and sports, tourism, identities, the intellectual history of ethnomusicology, and ecomusicology. Cooley has authored and edited several books, including the recent volume Cultural Sustainabilities: Music, Media, Language, Advocacy (2019), and has published extensively in academic journals and encyclopedias. His previous works include Surfing about Music (2014), which was shortlisted for the AMS’s Music in American Culture Award, and Making Music in the Polish Tatras (2005), which won the 2006 Orbis Prize for Polish Studies. Cooley has also co-edited Shadows in the Field, a standard text for ethnomusicology students. He has served as the editor of the journal Ethnomusicology, and has held leadership roles such as President of the Society for Ethnomusicology and member of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Music from Brown University, a Master of Music from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music from Wheaton Conservatory of Music.
Research topics
- Political Science
- Humanities
- Computer Science
- Sociology
- History
- Philosophy
- Linguistics
- Geography
- Art
- Marketing
- Archaeology
- Environmental ethics
- Business
Selected publications
Oxford Music Online · 2024-03-23 · 1 citations
reference-entry2024
- Computer Science
- Computer Science
- Linguistics
National geniuses’ heritage as potential for the development of cultural tourism in Romania
Acta geographica Slovenica · 2023 · 3 citations
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Geography
This article investigates how domestic tourists perceive the possibilities of boosting cultural heritage tourism in Romania, through the capitalization of national genius personalities. The methodology is based on the survey method. The research identified 22 geniuses, largely represented in national culture, and acknowledged and demanded by the market. The vast majority have been converted into tourist attractions, however those of international visibility are missing or are underrepresented in Romanian heritage tourism. An increased focus on geniuses would be highly valued by tourists and could reinforce the value of cultural heritage, consequently, boosting tourism resources. This would lead to multiple and sustainable benefits for destinations’ development, but certain infrastructure and management gaps would need to be filled.
Call and Response: SEM President’s Roundtable 2018, “Humanities’ Responses to the Anthropocene”
Ethnomusicology · 2020 · 3 citations
1st authorCorresponding- Humanities
- Political Science
- Humanities
12 month embargo; published online: 1 June 2020
Indiana University Press eBooks · 2019-05-23
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding2019-05-07
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding1. Trouble in Paradise: The History and Reinvention of Surfing
2019-05-07
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingSustainability, Resilience, Advocacy, and Activism:
University of Illinois Press eBooks · 2019-04-30 · 18 citations
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding2019-05-07
book-chapter1st authorCorresponding7. Playing Together and Solitary Play: Why Surfers Need Music
2019-05-07
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Frequent coauthors
- 7 shared
Philip V. Bohlman
- 4 shared
Gregory F. Barz
Boston University
- 2 shared
Stephen Blum
- 2 shared
Vanessa Agnew
- 1 shared
Vladimir Kashperov
- 1 shared
K Kalib
- 1 shared
Joseph S. C. Lam
- 1 shared
Siv Sokol
Awards & honors
- 2006 Orbis Prize for Polish Studies (American Association fo…
- Shortlisted for AMS’s Music in American Culture Award
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