Mari
Pajala
University Lecturer, Art History, Musicology and Media Studies
Docent, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
FT, dosentti
Areas of expertise
media studies
television studies
media history
popular media culture
feminist media studies
cultural memory studies
Biography
Education:
- PhD, Media Studies, University of Turku, 2006
- MA, Cinema and Television Studies, University of Turku, 1998
I was previously Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professor in Finnish Studies at the University of Minnesota (2015–2017) and visiting research fellow at Utrecht University (2009–2010).
Teaching
I am responsible for the modules Media History and Archives and Media and Popular Culture. I also supervise MA and PhD theses in Media Studies.
Research
I am a member of the research projects Sexuality and Play in Media Culture (Academy of Finland 2017-2021, PI Susanna Paasonen) and Kulttuuritelevision aika: Suomalaisen television toinen historia 1975-1985 (Koneen säätiö 2018-2020, PI Anu Koivunen).
I am on the editorial board of View: Journal of European Television History and Culture, Communication, Culture & Critique and Journal of Scandinavian Cinema.
Publications
Johdanto (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Televisuaalisen muistin muodot vuosikymmensarjoissa (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Taistelu tulevaisuudesta: Muistelemisen politiikat television 50-vuotissarjoissa (2011)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Trashing The Prime Minister’s Bride: Public Dismay and Intertextual Media (2010)
Critical Studies in Media Communication
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Television as an Archive of Memories? Cultural Memory and its Limits on the Finnish Public Service Broadcaster’s Online Archive (2010)
Critical Studies in Television
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))