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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- 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 ) - Asiaton oleskelu kielletty (2024)
- Helsingin Sanomat
(Other publication) - Elävä kaupunki hengittää sekä pelejä että leikkejä, mutta niihin suhtautuminen jakaa kaupunkilaisia (2024) Ratala, Onni; Kirveennummi, Anna; Koponen, Aki; Sihvonen, Lilli; Vahlo, Jukka; Suominen, Jaakko
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Kielitaito on osa kansallista huoltovarmuutta — Suomi tarvitsee jatkossakin useiden vieraiden kielten osaajia (2024)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Lautapelit yhteiskuntaa rakentamassa (2024)
- Kleio
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Leikin jäljillä – kohti ludologista semiotiikkaa (2024)
- WiderScreen
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Ludic Interventions in Studying Urban Play: Learning from Lack of participation (2024)
- Conference of Digital Games Research Association
(Abstract) - Studying the Ground of Play: Towards Ludological Semiotics of Playful Traces (2024)
- Conference of Digital Games Research Association
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Heritagisation and Heritage Conflict: The Finnish Afrikan tähti Board Game and its Change to Contested Heritage, 1951–2021 (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, 1951-2021 (2023) Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games Sivula Anna, Suominen Jaakko
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Humanisti vastaa. Osa 6. Mikä on humanistisen tutkimuksen asema Suomessa, Jaakko Suominen? (2023) Monto Riitta, Suominen Jaakko
(I1 Audiovisual publication) - Kirja-arvio: Arcade Britannia. Meades, Alan: Arcade Britannia – A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade. 2022 (2023)
- Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Pajatsosta pöytätennikseen - Sotienvälisen Suomen pelit ja pelikulttuuri (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) - Saksa, ranska, venäjä – mistä osaajat tulevaisuudessa? (2023)
- Suomen kuvalehti
(Other publication) - Suomalaisten peliyhtiöiden vastuullisuus-viestintä 2010-luvulta 2020-luvulle (2023)
- Media ja Viestintä
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Taidetta ja leikkiä tilassa (2023)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Other publication) - The Petsamo Board Game (1931) and Everyday Game Culture in Finland in the Interwar Period (2023)
- Conference of Digital Games Research Association
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Towards Panopticons of Convenience: Power in the Nordic Smart Home Assemblage (2023) Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference Ehrenberg Nils, Harviainen J. Tuomas, Suominen Jaakko
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
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