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Petri
Saarikoski
Docent, Degree Programme in Digital Culture, Landscape and Cultural Heritage
University Lecturer, Degree Programme in Digital Culture, Landscape and Cultural Heritage
PhD, adjunct professor

Contact

+358 29 450 2697
+358 40 053 4845
Siltapuistokatu 2
28100
Pori

Areas of expertise

The History of Home Computing in Finland
Cultural History of Internet
Media History
Game Studies

Teaching

Saarikoski has been teaching about online cultures, media history, game cultures, history of technology and scientific writing.

Research

Petri Saarikoski (born 30.3.1972, Rovaniemi) received his PhD in general history. His doctoral thesis (2004) considered the history of home computing in Finland from 1970s to 1990s. He works now as a university lecturer of Digital Culture at University of Turku, Finland. With a focus on history of media and technology, he has studied computers and popular media, Internet and BBS, social media, game cultures, and theoretical and methodological aspects of the study of digital culture.

Publications

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Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2022 (2022)

Pelitutkimuksen Vuosikirja
Arjoranta Jonne, Friman Usva, Koskimaa Raine, Mäyrä Frans, Sotamaa Olli, Suominen Jaakko, Välisalo Tanja, Saarikoski Petri
(Toimitustyö tieteelliselle lehdelle, kokoomateokselle tai konferenssijulkaisulle (C2))