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

2016

Available through Open Access

A Book Review: Colin B. Harvey – Fantastic Transmedia: Narrative, Play and Memory Across Science Fiction and Fantasy Storyworlds

Fafnir : Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research.

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2016

Blending in Hybrid Games : Understanding Hybrid Games Through Experience

International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology. ACM.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Kankainen, Ville

Nummenmaa, Timo

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

CD-romista digikulttuuriin : elektroninen lastenkirjallisuus Suomessa

Onnimanni.

Koskimaa, Raine

Halkola, Paula

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Elektroninen lastenkirjallisuus Suomessa : Elektronista lastenkirjallisuutta Pohjoismaista

Kid E-Lit.

Koskimaa, Raine

Halkola, Paula

Niskanen, Katri

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Human Technology, Vol. 12, Issue 1. Special Issue on Human-Technology Choreographies : Body, Movement, and Space

Human Technology. Jyväskylän Yliopisto; Agora Center.

Pirhonen, Antti

Tuuri, Kai

Erkut, Cumhur

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Human-Technology Choreographies : Body, Movement, and Space

Human Technology.

Pirhonen, Antti

Tuuri, Kai

Erkut, Cumhur

Publication

2016

Hypertext, Hypermedia

International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy. Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication. John Wiley & Sons.

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Lankoski, Petri ja Staffan Björk, toim. (2015) Game Research Methods: An Overview [Kirja-arvio]

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2016. Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Tampereen yliopisto.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Siitonen, Marko

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Patterns of reception in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden : In search of interpretive communities

Participations : Journal of Audience and Reception Studies.

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2016

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Tampereen yliopisto.

Koskimaa, Raine

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Mäyrä, Frans

Sotamaa, Olli

Suominen, Jaakko

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

The World Hobbit Project in Finland : Audience responses and transmedial user practices

Participations : Journal of Audience and Reception Studies.

Koistinen, Aino-Kaisa

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Välisalo, Tanja

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

What Does it Mean to be Orlanthi? : Hermeneutic Challenge in King of Dragon Pass

Conference of Digital Games Research Association.

Arjoranta, Jonne

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