Martín Gómez-Ullate

Martín Gómez-Ullate has a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and Degree in Business and Administration. He has lectured in public universities and research centres in Portugal, France, Mexico and Spain where he has developed research in different fields and lines as identity, social representations and intercultural relationships, cultural heritage, qualitative methodology and shared musical heritage and cultural tourism. At the present, he is researcher in the University of Extremadura. Senior researcher, professor and project manager with more than ten years’ experience in conducting and participating international, cross-border, national and local R+D projects in cultural management, applied anthropology, cooperation and local development. He has been selected in the Program of Attraction and Retention of Research Talent for the Region of Extremadura to develop research in the field of Immaterial Cultural Heritage Management for Sustainable Tourism in the University of Extremadura (Teacher Training College). He is coordinating CULTOUR+ Project Coordinator (Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education). He has directed the Scientific Committee in the International Conference. Cultural Management and Governance for European Pilgrimage Routes and Religious Tourism He has published several research works about pilgrims and pilgrimage and cultural routes. He has organized and directed international conferences as the 1st. International Conference on Musical Tourism and Festivals, The future of Rural Europe, or International Conference Cultural Heritage and Natural Heritage.

Publications

The Music of Wine: Resources for Wine Tourism and Wine's Immaterial Cultural Heritage Interpretation
The Music of Wine: Resources for Wine Tourism and Wine's Immaterial Cultural Heritage Interpretation
Martín Gómez-Ullate, Gerardo Vidal Gonçalves. © 2024. 16 pages.
In many regions of Spain and Portugal, wine is still not very profitable for winegrowers who barely recover the economic and human capital inputs dedicated throughout the year to...
Music and Musical Heritage as Factors for Rural Development: Searching for Good Practices
Music and Musical Heritage as Factors for Rural Development: Searching for Good Practices
Martín Gómez-Ullate, Javier Barra Sanz, Manuel Rodríguez Palacios. © 2022. 16 pages.
This chapter reflects on the understanding and measurement of development and rural development and on how music can influence it. Now more than ever, sustainability must direct...
Handbook of Research on Socio-Economic Impacts of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
Handbook of Research on Socio-Economic Impacts of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
José Álvarez-García, María de la Cruz del Río Rama, Martín Gómez-Ullate. © 2019. 455 pages.
Religious studies and research have gained a lot of interest and attention from researchers, policy makers, and practitioners over the last few years, but the socio-economic...
The St. James Way in Portugal and Spain: Development, Characteristics, Perspectives, and Experiences
The St. James Way in Portugal and Spain: Development, Characteristics, Perspectives, and Experiences
Martín Gómez-Ullate, Pedro Corcho-Sánchez. © 2019. 24 pages.
Using case studies, this chapter reviews the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to governance for pilgrimage routes in the Vía de la Plata and the...