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.
- Puhuvien koneiden aikakausi: tieteistarinoita, tekniikkaa, arkea ja audiovisioita. (2020)
- Lähikuva
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Confessions of Metal and Folk: Remembering and Contextualizing the Creative Process (2019) Music, Memory and Memoir Kärki Kimi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Monoliittien varjo: Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Rain ja tuntevan koneen Ääni (2019) Toivon ja raivon vuosi 1968 Kärki Kimi
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Populaarikulttuurin estetisoima ja normalisoima natsismi (2019)
- Lähikuva
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The Technological Reach for Sublime in U2’s 360° Tour (2018) U2 and the Religious Impulse: Take Me Higher Kärki Kimi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Boikotoitu ja rakastettu Tommi Läntinen (2017) Toisen soinnun etsijät. Turkulaisen populaarimusiikin villit vuodet 1970–2017. Kimi Kärki
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Jori Sjöroos luottaa melankoliaan ja mahtipontisuuteen (2017) Toisen soinnun etsijät. Turkulaisen populaarimusiikin villit vuodet 1970–2017. Kimi Kärki
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Journal of Metal Music Studies vol 3 number 3, Special Issue Metal Business and Markets (2017) Karjalainen Toni-Matti, Kärki Kimi
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Listapopin keskiössä Bogart Co. (2017) Toisen soinnun etsijät. Turkulaisen populaarimusiikin villit vuodet 1970–2017. Kimi Kärki
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - "Los Angeles November, 2019" - Kuviteltu tulevaisuus, transhumanismi ja Blade Runner -elokuvan dystopia (2017)
- Ennen ja Nyt : Historian Tietosanomat
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sointujen etsijöitä ja äänten polyfoniaa (2017) Toisen soinnun etsijät. Turkulaisen populaarimusiikin villit vuodet 1970-2017 Pertti Grönholm, Kimi Kärki
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Toisen soinnun etsijät. Turkulaisen populaarimusiikin villit vuodet 1970-2017 (2017) Pertti Grönholm, Kimi Kärki
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Turku Pop. Uusi kirja turkulaisen popmusiikin historiasta. (2017)
- Turun Historiallinen Arkisto
(E1 Popularised article) - Editorial: Elokuvamusiikki ja elokuvien äänimaisema – Film Music and Cinematic Soundscapes (2016)
- WiderScreen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Elokuvamusiikki ja elokuvien äänimaisema – Film Music and Cinematic Soundscapes (2016)
- WiderScreen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ilmestyskirja. Vietnamin sodan kulttuurihistoriaa. (2016) Koivisto Hanne, Kärki Kimi, Leskelä-Kärki Maarit
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Introduction: Cross-Fertilising ‘Popular’, ‘Sacred’, and ‘Youth’ (2016) Holy Crap! Selected Essays on the Intersections of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures Kärjä Antti-Ville, Kärki Kimi
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Johdanto: Sodan sirpaleita. (2016) Ilmestyskirja. Vietnamin sodan kulttuurihistoriaa. Koivisto Hanne, Kärki Kimi, Leskelä-Kärki Maarit
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Wider Screen 3-4/2016. Elokuvamusiikki ja elokuvien äänimaisema – Film Music and Cinematic Soundscapes. (2016)
- WiderScreen
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Evolutions of the Wall, 1979–2013 (2015) The Arena Concert. Music, Media and Mass Entertainment Kärki Kimi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
