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Riikka Aurava
@riikkaaurava.bsky.social
Game culture researcher, teacher, mother, neurodivergent, she/her. Academic interests: game jams, learning and games, co-creativity, ttrpgs, actual play, streaming, game communities, board game design. Other: coffee, chocolate, fantasy, silence, politics.
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Teachers ❤️ game jams! Everyone loves them! They are pretty much the best way to learn anything BUT they don’t fit schools. This makes me wonder… should we do a jam on how to change schools? 🧐

tl;dr: My latest article is out! This one has been a journey: I’ve been working on it since 2018.
Game jams in schools: Teacher views
This article examines teachers' views of using game jams, co-creative game design events, in schools. Game jamming shows potential to promote several …
www.sciencedirect.com
Explaining the pornographic contextual meanings of ”Ich komme” to my kid using age-appropriate concepts was easy. Explaining why I was devastated by the amount of votes for Israel was hard.

#eurovision #israel #freepalestine #stopgenocide
May 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Teachers ❤️ game jams! Everyone loves them! They are pretty much the best way to learn anything BUT they don’t fit schools. This makes me wonder… should we do a jam on how to change schools? 🧐

tl;dr: My latest article is out! This one has been a journey: I’ve been working on it since 2018.
Game jams in schools: Teacher views
This article examines teachers' views of using game jams, co-creative game design events, in schools. Game jamming shows potential to promote several …
www.sciencedirect.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
What was your lucky side quest? I believe mine was the gender and media course by Susanna Paasonen. It’s quite likely affected my career ever since.
December 19, 2024 at 5:57 AM
I’m defending my doctoral dissertation tomorrow, at noon Finnish time. The defense will be broadcasted live and the thesis is available online. It’s all in English, so peeps from abroad can join, too! www.tuni.fi/en/news/riik...
Riikka Aurava: Game design in schools supports young people’s learning | Tampere universities
In her doctoral research, MA Riikka Aurava explored how game creation affects learning in schools. Her research demonstrates that creating and designing games fosters the acquisition of 21st centur...
www.tuni.fi
December 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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"Pop culture is simply a tool in a lot of classrooms, not a subject—and the roles of fans as consumers, creators, and critics are rarely discussed." @abbykirby.bsky.social writes about teaching fic to middle schoolers, and the gaps between higher and secondary ed when it comes to fandom/pop culture:
Bringing Fanfiction Into the Classroom — Fansplaining
Fic does something that my traditional English classes cannot: it places the power in the hands of the student.
www.fansplaining.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Trying to figure out how Bluesky works, did this: go.bsky.app/83CAdfP
November 22, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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Thanks Andy! In @theatlantic.bsky.social I describe why the panic over smartphones is more likely to distract from than solve the problems that young people are facing today. Gift link is below:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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Kirjoitamme @susannaagren.bsky.social kanssa
tänään Hesarissa siitä, kuinka helpon tuntuiset kiellot sivuuttavat nuorten todelliset huolet, pelot ja hyvinvoinnin haasteet. Tästä esimerkkinä kouluihin kaavailtu kännykkäkielto. www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Vieraskynä | Koulujen älypuhelinkielto sivuuttaa monet nuorten todelliset ongelmat
Nuorten hyvinvoinnin parantaminen vaatii malttia eikä helpon tuntuisia kieltoja. Älypuhelimet ja sosiaalinen media kuuluvat nuorten elämään.
www.hs.fi
November 21, 2024 at 5:59 AM
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Jos toimeentulotukea saava ei saa kartuttaa omaisuutta, miksi yritystukea saava yritys saa maksaa omistajille osinkoa?
May 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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One of the key problems with making indie games is discoverability. I am someone who is fairly plugged in, but I miss all kinds of stuff. This is a thread for me to recommend games you might not have heard of going forward. Here we go:
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
This morning my Bluesky feed is suddenly full of #technobladefanart and I’m grateful for it.
November 17, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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Feedeillä voi kätevästi suodattaa seinäänsä omiin kiinnostuksenkohteisiin.Tässä ohje kaikille uusille ja vanhoille bluuttaajille,miten voi tehdä omiakin feedejä jos jotakin ei löydy.Onnistui minultakin ilman mitään koodauskokemusta,tein mm #minätutkin, #pörssisähkötaivas ja #sähköautotaivas -fiidit.
Tätä varten on olemassa SkyFeed -niminen sovellus jolla kuka tahansa voi luoda ja hallita syötteitä helposti.

Suosittelen tekemään homman itse koska vaikeinta siinä on nimenomaan tuon rajaaminen että mihin kaikkeen se tarttuu ja mitä se suodattaa.

Olen varma että haluat hallita tätä itse.

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SkyFeed
Real-time client for Bluesky
skyfeed.app
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
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Julkishallinto pois X:stä, kirjoittaa @samulireijula.bsky.social: "Toisiinsa linkittyneet niin kutsutun fediversumin protokollat ja palvelut – – – tarjoavat vapaan maailman vaihtoehdon, jossa käyttäjä voi omistaa omat sisältönsä eikä ole yhdenkään tietyn palveluntarjoajan armoilla."
Julkishallinto pois pikaviestipalvelu X:stä, kirjoittaa Samuli Reijula
X:lle on olemassa hyviä vaihtoehtoja, muistuttaa akatemiatutkija Samuli Reijula.
suomenkuvalehti.fi
November 15, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Our latest article on adolescent’s gaming and game culture participation is out! Only the abstract is in English but if you’re interested, I’m sure Google translate will give you a pretty good translation. pelitutkimus.journal.fi/article/view...
Lasten ja nuorten pelaaminen on monipuolista ja sukupuolittunutta | Pelitutkimuksen vuosik...
pelitutkimus.journal.fi
December 8, 2023 at 2:14 PM
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Seuramme julkaisema Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023 on nyt avoimesti saatavilla! Mukana kaksi tutkimusartikkelia, kolme katsausta, kolme kirja-arvostelua ja peräti kuusi väitöslektiota.

Antoisia lukuhetkiä!
Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2023
pelitutkimus.journal.fi
December 8, 2023 at 12:23 PM
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The Rule Book is coming out in March! The book we have been working on with Markus Montola for some six years is finally becoming real. It now has a website, a cover, blurbs, and it is possible to preorder it now. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254744...
December 8, 2023 at 9:50 AM
In need of some Bluesky tutoring: there are some accounts I follow and like, but they post so much it floods my feed. Is there anything I could do to balance this?
November 17, 2023 at 6:22 AM
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Spring 2024 in Tampere, Finland, will be great for game people. First Solmukohta and its pre-week shenanigans for larp folks, then the Board Games Colloquium, and at some point (dates still pending), the 20th Game Research Lab spring seminar. solmukohta.eu boardgamestudies.jimdofree.com
Solmukohta 2024
Tampere, 11th to 14th of April, 2024
solmukohta.eu
October 27, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Today, balancing academic career and parenting special needs children has been even harder than usual. Please, drop a meme: cats, kids, adhd, autism, research, coffee, anything.
November 7, 2023 at 4:38 PM
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Kannatettava tavoite on puolittaa toimeentulotukea tarvitsevien määrä ja vähentää menoja 100 miljoonalla eurolla.
Leikkausten seurauksena menot todennäköisesti kuitenkin kasvavat 25–30 %.

#lapsiköyhyys #sosiaaliturva #LapsenOikeudet
#SuomenKuvalehti

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”Paljon pahempi kuin Sipilän hallitus­ohjelma” – sosiaali­turvan leikkaukset valmisteltiin ...
”Pääministeri Petteri-kiltti”, lapsiasiavaltuutettu yritti vedota hallitukseen, jotta vaikutukset lapsiin arvioitaisiin.
suomenkuvalehti.fi
November 4, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Mediametkan Oivallus!-seminaarissa Liisa Ilomäki ja Minna Lakkala puhumassa tosi kiinnostavasti kriittisestä digitaalisesta lukutaidosta. #mediametka #oivallus2023
October 30, 2023 at 11:05 AM
Fresh from the press: Gaming motives are more closely related to well-being and academic success than time spent playing games. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Games in everyday life: Profiles of adolescent digital gaming motives and well-being outcomes
Especially since the 2010s, we have seen rapidly increasing discussion and research on the causal and correlational relations between digital gaming a…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 26, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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Suomen pelitutkimuksen seura on nyt myös Blueskyssa! Otahan meidät seurantaan, mikäli ajankohtaiset pelitutkimus- ja pelikulttuurisisällöt kiinnostavat.

The Finnish society for game research is now on Bluesky! Follow us for (Finnish) game research news - it's not all in Finnish, we promise.
October 25, 2023 at 2:30 PM