This thesis explores counterfactual history and game design practice, and how the two concepts relate to digital strategy games. The approach is interdisciplinary and has epistemological footing in history and game studies. The aim is to investigate developer understand...

This pdf document contains previously unpublished manuscript The History of Electroacoustic Music in Finland written by composer Jukka Ruohomäki in the 1990s during his PhD research project. Ruohomäki's research project halted in the 1990s when he started his second com...

Kirja-arvostelu: Robert J. Shiller: Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral & Drive Major Economic Events. Princeton University Press 2019.

During the last few decades, fur farming has stirred fierce debate in Finland. The fur industry has its advocates and opponents, who strive to justify their opinions on fur farming with various arguments. In different discussions and studies, people have occasionally re...

By applying theories of new materialism, the article explores the materiality of reminiscing and the interplay of memory mediums (i.e. photographs, language, digital technologies, artefacts) through three case studies that represent diverse forms of vernacular remembran...

Artikkeli käsittelee toisen maailmansodan (1939–1945) ja sen jälkeisten vuosien muistelukerrontaa elämäntarinan säikeenä tutkimalla, millaista on sota- ja jälleenrakennusajan muistelukerronta Vammaisena Suomessa 2013–2014 -elämäkertakokoelmassa. Tutkimuksen metodologine...

Artikkelissa analysoidaan 1980-lukua käsittelevän suomalaisen historiantutkimuksen ja presidentti Mauno Koiviston muistelmien pohjalta muodostuvia historiakuvia. Lähtökohtana artikkelissa on arkikäsitykseen pohjautuva vuosikymmenjaottelu, jonka avulla tarkastellaan hist...

The Book and the reader in the digital everyday Books read from screens are often compared to printed books. This has led some readers to emphasise the importance of the materiality of books as objects. For example, readers enjoy the scent of books and the feel of cover...