Kimi Kärki
PhD, Docent
kierka@utu.fi Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku |
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.
- Fasismin ja populismin lumo (2024)
- Kulttuurintutkimus
- Aikido’s Spirituality and Transplantation in the Nordic Countries: Spirituality in the Asian Martials Art (2023) Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies Martikainen, Tuomas; Kärki, Kimi
- Book review: Nedim Hassan: Metal on Merseyside: Music Scenes, Community and Locality, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-77680-0 (2023)
- Metal Music Studies
- Reimagining the Past, Present, and Future: History, Temporality, and Life Writing (2023)
- Biography: an interdisciplinary quarterly
- Reimagining the Past, Present, and Future: History, Temporality, and Life Writing. Cluster in Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly (2023)
- Biography: an interdisciplinary quarterly
- Back to the UFO : Pink Floyd, The Division Bell tour (1994) and the retrofied aesthetics of psychedelia (2022) The Routledge Handbook of Pink Floyd Kärki Kimi
- Tunteita ja teknologiaa: Affektit ja emootiot näkökulmina tekniikan kulttuurihistoriaan (2022) Kulttuurihistorian tutkimus. Lähteistä menetelmiin ja tulkintaan. Grönholm Pertti, Kärki Kimi, Männistö-Funk Tiina, Sihvonen Tanja
- Kirja-arvio: Jumalaiset robotit. Adrienne Mayor, Gods and Robots. Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. ISBN 978-0-69-118351-0. (2021)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
- Kirja-arvio: Kasarihevin liveylistys. Huhtamäki, Mikael: Scream for Me Finland! ISBN 978-9-52-279658-5. (2021)
- Musiikki
- Puheen luovuttamiselle on laadittava selkeät pelisäännöt (2021)
- Helsingin Sanomat
