Projects and Works of Jaakko Suominen

General information

I'm currently working mainly as a professor (acting professor) of the Department of Digital Culture (at the University of Turku, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies) but also as a researcher, teacher, reporter, new media designer and stuff. Almost every of my jobs have something to do with computers, which is little bit tiring some times :).

My special interests as a researcher and lecturer are domestication of information technology and mental history of computer using. In January 2000 I completed the licenciate dissertation dealing with questions of popularization computing technology in Finland from the 1950's to the 1970's. The improved and more advanced version of the study has been published as a book called Sähköaivo sinuiksi, tietokone tutuksi. [Getting familiar with the electric brain, getting to know the computer]. I have also defendend the PhD study almost in the same theme with the title "Koneen kokemus" [Experiences with machines. Computerised culture in the process of Finnish Modernisation from the 1920s to the 1970s] in August 2003.

I have made several other publications too. They are in Finnish, mainly.

Links

Here are some pages, more or less made by me. Usually more (not maintained -note means most likely that the pages has been revisited or totally renovated after my maintaining time):

* University of Turku, School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies
One of the newest (2002-). Mainly in Finnish so far.

* University of Turku, Department of Digital Culture
One of the newest (2001-). Mainly in Finnish so far.

* University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities
[Not maintained by me anymore]

* University of Turku, School of History
One of the productions in 1997 and one of the best ones. Mainly in Finnish. [Not maintained by me anymore]

* University of Turku, Cultural History
I studied Cultural History and I'm working with these pages also. Same problem with lack of English material. Suomenkieliset sivut ovat erittäin laajat (ainakin omasta mielestäni:)). [Not maintained by me anymore]

* University of Turku, English Translation Studies
The graphics are very nice although I say it myself :) These pages are fully in English. [Not maintained by me anymore]

* Turun yliopisto, Suomen historia
Vastasin myös Suomen historian oppiaineen sivujen ylläpidosta. Pääsivun ulkonäössä on vielä hieman hiomista, mutta muuten olen kokonaisuuteen varsin tyytyväinen. [Not maintained by me anymore]

* University of Turku, General History
The outlook is made by me. [Not maintained by me anymore]

* Historioitsijan InternetOpas
Olen kokoamassa internet-opasta historiantutkijoiden ja opiskelijoiden käyttöön. Oppaassa selitetään muun muassa internetin peruskäsitteistöä, annetaan ohjeita elektronisten dokumenttien käytöstä ja niihin viittaamisesta.

* KEPPI-projekti
KEPPI tarkoittaa kulttuurin ja luovuuden erityisprojektia, joka on opetusministeriön suurhanke. Olen mukana raportointiryhmässä, joka toteutti juhlakirjana ilmestyvän projektin loppuraportin ja sen WWW-version. KeppiWebbi ja juhlakirja (Pieni Kulttuurikirja) julkaistiin eduskunnassa 6.12.1997. [not maintained or updated at all anymore]

* Agricola - Suomen historiaverkko, History Network of Finland
I have participated to this project mainly with programming several Perl scripts and such.

* Depeche Mode Articles
DM article page contains some interviews with my favourite band, Depeche Mode. The articles have been collected from the Net, mainly from the Depeche Mode mailing list, called 'Bong'.


Those were just few largest examples of the stuff I have been doing on the Net. I have many ideas and I will accomplish them if I ever have some time... Anyway, take a look for these pages and please tell me, what do you think about them.