Petri Saarikoski
PhD, adjunct professor
petsaari@utu.fi +358 29 450 2697 +358 40 053 4845 Siltapuistokatu 2 Pori : 275 |
The History of Home Computing in Finland; Cultural History of Internet; Media History; Game Studies
Petri Saarikoski (born 30.3.1972, Rovaniemi) received his PhD in general history. His doctoral thesis (2004) considered the history of home computing in Finland from 1970s to 1990s. He works now as a university lecturer of Digital Culture at University of Turku, Finland. With a focus on history of media and technology, he has studied computers and popular media, Internet and BBS, social media, game cultures, and theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of digital culture.
Saarikoski has been teaching about online
cultures, media history, game cultures, history of technology and scientific writing.
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- Pac-Manista YouTubeen (2011) Saarikoski Petri
- The Auditorium Pac-Man: Uses of a Game Cultural History (2011) Proceedings of the IADIS Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2011 Suominen Jaakko, Saarikoski Petri, Sinkkonen Aliisa, Sinkkonen Tuomas, Stenfors Leila
- Unten maille tietokone kainalossa: Unimuistot ja tietotekniikan arkipäiväistyminen (2011) Aistit, muistot ja unelmat Saarikoski Petri
- Peleistä taiteeksi: digitaaliset pelit taidemuseossa (2010) Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2010 Saarikoski P
- Computer Hobbyists and the Gaming Industry in Finland (2009)
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
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