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

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

Publication

2016

Available through Open Access

World as Numbers : Living in an Algorithmic Culture

Bridges world conference. Bridges Conference Proceedings. Tessellations Publishing.

Koskimaa, Raine

Publication

2015

Available through Open Access

A Mission Impossible? Learning the Logic of Space with Impossible Figures in Experience-Based Mathematics Education

Opus et Educatio.

Koskimaa, Raine

Fenyvesi, Kristof

Publication

2015

Available through Open Access

Experiential Education of Mathematics: Art and Games for Digital Natives

Kasvatus ja aika.

Fenyvesi, Kristof

Koskimaa, Raine

Lavicza, Zsolt

Publication

2015

Available through Open Access

Johdanto: Leikin ja pelin rajankäyntiä

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2015. Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Tampereen yliopisto.

Koskimaa, Raine

Arjoranta, Jonne

Friman, Usva

Harviainen, J. Tuomas

Mäyrä, Frans

Suominen, Jaakko

Publication

2015

Available through Open Access

Lähipeluu : luentoja digitaalisista peleistä

Jyväskylän yliopisto, Taiteiden ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitos.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2015

Available through Open Access

Lectio Praecursoria

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2015. Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja. Tampereen yliopisto.

Arjoranta, Jonne

Publication

2015

Musiikkia mielessä

Keskisuomalainen.

Tuuri, Kai

Huovinen, Erkki

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