Kimi Kärki
PhD, Docent
kierka@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7485-6969 |
History of Popular Culture; History of Popular Music, Cultural Interpretation; Cultural Heritage; Spectacle; Science Fiction; Film Music; History Theory
Born in Rauma 1976. Cultural History, University of Turku (also studies in Comparative Religion, and Philosophy): MA 2002, Phil. Lic. 2008, PhD 2014, Adjunct Professor (title of Docent) 2018. Visiting Fellow at Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool in 2006, Fulbright Visiting Fellow at Case Western University Center for Popular Music Studies (Cleveland, USA) in 2017. Active musician with more more than 40 releases (bands include Reverend Bizarre, Lord Vicar, Orne, Uhrijuhla, E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr, and solo albums with name Kimi Kärki).
Dr Kimi Kärki is Research Fellow at the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC) and the project leader in Fasismin lumo ja
affektiivinen perintö suomalaisessa kulttuurissa (Fascinating fascism
and its affective heritage in Finnish culture, Kone Foundation
2021-2023). Also a member of Talking Machines. Electronic voice and the interpretation of emotions and self-understanding in human-machine communication in 1960–2020 research project (Funded by Kone Foundation, 2018–2022). His Doctoral Thesis was on the cultural history of stadium rock, and media spectacles. He has written articles and edited several books on cultural history, popular music studies, and cultural integration (via Ashgate, Bloomsbury, etc.). Currently he is Web/Publications representative at IASPM Executive Committee, and the secretary of European Popular Culture Association (EPCA). He is based at Department of Cultural History, University of Turku. Homepage: http://users.utu.fi/kierka/.
Courses and lectures on the history of popular culture. 2002-2016: MA thematic seminar on Popular Culture and Material Culture, Cultural History, University of Turku. PhD student seminar on popular culture and media technology (2017-). Please see CV for specific teaching.
- Sähköisiä suhteita: virtuaalisuus ja puhuvien koneiden tunteet elokuvassa Blade Runner 2049 (2021) Turun romantikko. Esseitä Hannu Salmelle Kärki Kimi
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Tekoäly työssä? Kuvitteellinen käyttöjärjestelmä työntekijänä, avustajana ja kumppanina elokuvassa Her. (2021)
- Kulttuurintutkimus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Turns and Revolutions in Popular Music. Proceedings from the XX Biennial Conference of IASPM, Canberra, Australia, 24th–28th June 2019 (2021)
- LIPC Publication Series
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Viihdettä vai valistusta? Fasistiset ja äärikonservatiiviset vaihtoehtohistoriat 2010-luvun televisioviihteessä ja uuspopulistisessa ruohonjuuritason politiikassa. (2021)
- Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Vocaloid Liveness? Hatsune Miku and the live production of Japanese virtual idol concerts. (2021) Researching Live Music. Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals Kärki Kimi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Avaruudessa konekaan ei kuule huutoasi. Ihmisen ja keinoälyn dialogi kolmessa vuosien 1968–1979 tieteiselokuvassa. (2020)
- Lähikuva
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - "I am Not Confessing." Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen ja laulettu elämä (2020) Musiikki ja merkityksenanto. Juhlakirja Susanna Välimäelle Kimi Kärki, Maarit Leskelä-Kärki
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Introduction: Between East and West, Local and Global (2020) Made in Finland. Studies in Popular Music Toni-Matti Karjalainen, Kimi Kärki
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - 'I've been around for a long, long year' : The spectacular evil in the Rolling Stones' live performance career (2020) Beggars Banquet and the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Revolution : ‘They Call My Name Disturbance' Kimi Kärki
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Lähikuva. Vol 33 Nro 1 (2020): Konepuhe ja puhuvat koneet. (2020) Tanja Sihvonen, Pertti Grönholm, Kimi Kärki
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book)
