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.
- Made in Finland. Studies in Popular Music (2020) Toni-Matti Karjalainen, Kimi Kärki.
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book) - Performing National Identities (2020) Made in Finland. Studies in Popular Music Kimi Kärki
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - 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)
