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

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

Project

FUNMERSIVE – Transformative and scalable customer engagement through immersive fun

The Funmersive research project studies new scientifically grounded entertainment and learning service design solutions in creative industries in which fun functions as a central factor in enhancing user experience.

Project

FIN-CLARIAH

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä is part of the national research infrastructure FIN-CLARIAH aiming to create new tools and methods for researchers.

Project

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies

The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies is a joint project between researchers from the Tampere University, University of Turku, and the University of Jyväskylä. Across these institutions, over 30 researchers from the humanities, social sciences

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.

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Raine Koskimaa

Professor

Members

Jonne Arjoranta

Senior Lecturer

Tanja Välisalo

Senior Lecturer

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

Valtteri Kauraoja

Doctoral Researcher

Marcel Martončik

Postdoctoral Researcher

Publications

Publications

Publication

2017

Available through Open Access

Narrative Tools for Games : Focalization, Granularity, and the Mode of Narration in Games

Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2017

Available through Open Access

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2017

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura ry; Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Koskimaa, Raine

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Mäyrä, Frans

Sotamaa, Olli

Suominen, Jaakko

Publication

2017

Available through Open Access

Pokémon Go -pelaajien käyttäytymismuutokset

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2017. Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura ry; Jyväskylän yliopisto.

Kari, Tuomas

Arjoranta, Jonne

Salo, Markus

Publication

2017

Available through Open Access

Turvetta tupaan : faktat, valheet ja affektiivinen vastaanotto Turveinfo-mainoskampanjassa

Media ja viestintä.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Hirsjärvi, Irma

Kovala, Urpo

Saresma, Tuija

Ruotsalainen, Maria

Publication

2017

Available through Open Access

Who Controls Who? Embodied Control Within Human–Technology Choreographies

Interacting with Computers.

Tuuri, Kai

Parviainen, Jaana

Pirhonen, Antti

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

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