Game Cultures Research Group

Focus

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Learning, teaching and interaction

Research areas

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Research areas

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies - Research areas

Wellbeing and creative therapies

Belonging, crises and societal change

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies

Research group description

Game Cultures Research Group focuses on games and game-related phenomena in culture and society. Research includes areas such as the form, meaning and interpretation of games, game cultures and communities, cultures of game creation, and the role of games in media and society.

Current

Projects

Related projects

Project

An Ontological Reconstruction of Gaming Disorder: A Qualitative Meta-Phenomenological Foundation

Videogames have become one of the most prevailing forms of cultural production around the world.

Project

GAMEHIGHED - Higher-ed programmes for careers in game design & development

Erasmus+ funded Strategic Partnership that connects four universities and a game industry association in a 3-year project to develop innovative teaching programmes, open edu-resources [OER] and recommendations for higher education in game development.

Project

Joint RDI front: Piloting the gaming and digital value network and building early stage financing instruments for companies in an expanded ecosystem

Building a common RDI front in the Jyväskylä region between universities, educational institutions, companies and ecosystem organizations

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Jonne Arjoranta

Senior Lecturer

Tanja Välisalo

University Teacher

Maria Ruotsalainen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Kai Tuuri

Senior Researcher

Elina Koskinen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jasmine Poikela

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right

Tero Kerttula

Translator

Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Senior Researcher

Tiina Auranen

Doctoral Researcher

Matús Adamkovič

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jari Lindroos

Doctoral Researcher

Marko Siitonen

Professor, Head of Department

Publications

Publications

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

“There Are No Women and They All Play Mercy” : Understanding and Explaining (the Lack of) Women’s Presence in Esports and Competitive Gaming

Conference of Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA). Conference of Digital Games Research Association.

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Friman, Usva

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Abigail De Kosnik: Rogue Archives : Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom [book review]

Mediekultur.

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Fans and Videogames : Histories, Fandom, Archives

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2018.

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Games for enhancing basic reading and maths skills : A systematic review of educational game design in supporting learning by people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Educational Technology.

Lämsä, Joni

Hämäläinen, Raija

Aro, Mikko

Koskimaa, Raine

Äyrämö, Sanna-Mari

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Hybrid Social Play Final Report

Trim research reports. University of Tampere.

Paavilainen, Janne

Heljakka, Katriina

Arjoranta, Jonne

Kankainen, Ville

Lahdenperä, Linda

Koskinen, Elina

Kinnunen, Jani

Sihvonen, Lilli

Nummenmaa, Timo

Mäyrä, Frans

Koskimaa, Raine

Suominen, Jaakko

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

International Journal of Transmedia Literacy, Vol. 4 (2018). Special Issue: Expanding Universes. Exploring Games and Transmedial Ways of World-building

International Journal of Transmedia Literacy. LED edizioni universitarie.

Koskimaa, Raine

Maj, Krzysztof

Olkusz, Ksenia

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Introduction to Expanding Universes : Exploring Games and Transmedial Ways of World-building

International Journal of Transmedia Literacy.

Koskimaa, Raine

Maj, Krzysztof

Olkusz, Ksenia

Publication

2018

Investigating metaphors of musical involvement : Immersion, flow, interaction and incorporation

Audio Mostly. ACM.

Koskela, Oskari

Tuuri, Kai

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Lukutaidon uudet ulottuvuudet

Muuttuva osaaminen. Päijät-Hämeen tutkimusseuran vuosikirja 2018.

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Muistettu ja unohdettu musiikki : mitä muistitieto ja äänitemyyntitilastot kertovat 1980-luvun nuorten musiikkikulttuurista

Etnomusikologian vuosikirja.

Välisalo, Tanja

Karonen, Petri

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Nyrkit turpeessa : Turveinfo-mainoskampanja ja sen aiheuttama kohu yhteiskunnallisena dialogina

Suo.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Saresma, Tuija

Publication

2018

Available through Open Access

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2018

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura ry.

Koskimaa, Raine

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Mäyrä, Frans

Sotamaa, Olli

Suominen, Jaakko

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