Jaakko Suominen
Ph.D., Professor of Digital Culture
jaasuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 3426 +358 50 328 9586 Arcanuminkuja 1 Turku |
Digital Culture, Cultural History of Media and Information Technology, Game Cultures, Social Media History, Game Historiography, History Cultures, Retro Gaming
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.
- Smell of computer: Reminiscence of digital technological artefacts as a sensual experience (2010) Proceedings of 9th Annual IAS-STS Conference “Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”, 2nd-4th May 2010 Suominen J
- Sublimated Attractions: The Introduction of Early Computers in Finland in the late 1950s as a Mediated Experience (2010)
- Media History
- Tekniikan Waiheita, Uusi vai vanha teknologia? -teemanumero (2010)
- Tekniikan Waiheita: Teknik I Tiden
- Uusia elämänmuotoja tarkastelemassa. Arvostelu kirjasta Mikkola, Kati: Tulevaisuutta vastaan. Uutuuksien vastustus, kansantiedon keruu ja kansakunnan rakentaminen (2010)
- Agricolan kirja-arvostelut
- Yhdessä ja liikkeellä - mobiili sosiaalinen media. Kulttuurituotannon ja maisemantutkimuksen julkaisuja 21 (2010) Multisilta J, Mäenpää M, Suominen J (toim. )
- Computer Hobbyists and the Gaming Industry in Finland (2009)
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IT Museums and Related Projects in the Nordic Countries Summary of a Panel Discussion (2009)
- IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology