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 Association
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Leikkiä ja pelailua Turussa - Kaupunkitilan tarjoamat leikin mahdollisuudet (2025) Tekojen kaupunki Sihvonen, Lilli; Suominen, Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Muistitieto pelihistorian lähteenä - Esimerkkeinä pelipostmortem-esitykset (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 nykypäivääStudying the Ground of Play: Towards Ludological Semiotics of Playful Traces (2025)
- Pelitutkimuksen VuosikirjaConference of Digital Games Research Association
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Asiaton oleskelu kiellettyElävä kaupunki hengittää sekä pelejä että leikkejä, mutta niihin suhtautuminen jakaa kaupunkilaisiaHeritagisation and Heritage Conflict: The Finnish Afrikan tähti Board Game and its Change to Contested Heritage, 1951–2021 (2024)
- Helsingin Sanomat
- (2024) Ratala, Onni; Kirveennummi, Anna; Koponen, Aki; Sihvonen, Lilli; Vahlo, Jukka; Suominen, Jaakko
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Lautapelit yhteiskuntaa rakentamassa (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - (2024)
- Kleio
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Leikin jäljillä – kohti ludologista semiotiikkaa (2024)
- WiderScreenConference of Digital Games Research Association
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ludic Interventions in Studying Urban Play: Learning from Lack of participation (2024)
(Abstract) - (2024)
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Humanisti vastaa. Osa 6. Mikä on humanistisen tutkimuksen asema Suomessa, Jaakko Suominen? (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, 1951-2021Kirja-arvio: Arcade Britannia. Meades, Alan: Arcade Britannia – A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade. 2022 (2023) Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games Sivula Anna, Suominen Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - (2023) Monto Riitta, Suominen Jaakko
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - (2023)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - (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)
- Game Studies
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
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