Jaakko Suominen
Ph.D., Professor of Digital Culture
jaasuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 3426 +358 50 328 9586 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1352-7699 |
Areas of expertise
Digital Culture, Cultural History of Media and Information Technology, Game Cultures, Social Media History, Game Historiography, History Cultures, Retro Gaming
Digital Culture, Cultural History of Media and Information Technology, Game Cultures, Social Media History, Game Historiography, History Cultures, Retro Gaming
Biography
Jaakko Suominen received his PhD in cultural history and is a professor of Digital Culture at
University of Turku, Finland. With a focus on cultural history of media and
information technologies, he has studied computers and popular media,
Internet, social media, digital games, and theoretical and
methodological aspects of the study of digital culture. He has lead several
multidisciplinary
research projects and has over 100 scholarly
publications.
Publications 
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- Äänimaljarentoutus (2026)
- Helsingin Sanomat
(Other publication) - Is New Material Always Better? Plastics and Games in Finnish Popular Media in the 1950s and 1960s (2025)
- Conference of Digital Games Research AssociationPelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Leikkiä ja pelailua Turussa - Kaupunkitilan tarjoamat leikin mahdollisuudetAsiaton oleskelu kiellettyLautapelit yhteiskuntaa rakentamassa (2025) Tekojen kaupunki Sihvonen, Lilli; Suominen, Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Muistitieto pelihistorian lähteenä - Esimerkkeinä pelipostmortem-esitykset Heritagisation and Heritage Conflict: The Finnish Afrikan tähti Board Game and its Change to Contested Heritage, 1951–2021 (2025)
- Elore
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Stories of the Origin of the Finnish Game Industry (2025)
- Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies Blog
(Other publication) - Tactic Games oy:n kansainvälinen pelisuunnittelutyö osana suomalaisen lautapeliteollisuuden kehitystä ja nykypäivää (2025)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
- Helsingin Sanomat
(Other publication) - (2024) Ratala, Onni; Kirveennummi, Anna; Koponen, Aki; Sihvonen, Lilli; Vahlo, Jukka; Suominen, Jaakko
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - (2024)
- KleioConference of Digital Games Research AssociationPelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Leikin jäljillä – kohti ludologista semiotiikkaa (2024)
- WiderScreen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
- Conference of Digital Games Research AssociationGame Studies
(Abstract) - Studying the Ground of Play: Towards Ludological Semiotics of Playful Traces Kirja-arvio: Arcade Britannia. Meades, Alan: Arcade Britannia – A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade. 2022 (2024)
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - (2023) Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games Sivula Anna, Suominen Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Heritagization and heritage conflict: The finnish afrikan tähti board game and its change to contested heritage, 1951-2021 (2023) Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games Sivula Anna, Suominen Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Humanisti vastaa. Osa 6. Mikä on humanistisen tutkimuksen asema Suomessa, Jaakko Suominen? (2023) Monto Riitta, Suominen Jaakko
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - (2023)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Pajatsosta pöytätennikseen - Sotienvälisen Suomen pelit ja pelikulttuuri (2023) Suominen Jaakko
(C1 Refereed scientific book) - Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023 (2023)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Review: Arcade Britannia (2023)
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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