Johan Kalmanlehto

Johan Kalmanlehto

Grant researcher, post-graduate study right
Unit
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department / Division
Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies
Fields of science
611 Philosophy
616 Other humanities

Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher focusing on theories of aesthetics, digital gameplay and subjectivity.

Research interests

My research combines theoretical perspectives from philosophical aesthetics and game studies. I investigate aesthetic experiences of actions, practices, habits and styles, and their relations to self-formation and being-in-the-world. Regarding games, my research focuses on aesthetic experiences of agency in terms of rules and game mechanics, playstyles, rhythms, habitual practices of play, and the meaning of gameplay in regard to self-formation and the relation between self and others.

Publications

Publication
2025

Games
Scully-Blaker, Rainforest
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Korkeila, Henry
Ruotsalainen, Maria
Publication
2025

Games
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2019
Available through Open Access

JYU dissertations
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2019
Available through Open Access

Pelitutkimuksen vuosikirja 2019
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2018
Available through Open Access

Scriptum : Creative Writing Research Journal
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2017
Available through Open Access

Experimenting FADS : Finnish Art-Education Doctoral Studies, An innovative network for PhDs
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Publication
2017
Available through Open Access

Experimenting FADS : Finnish Art-Education Doctoral Studies, An innovative network for PhDs
Kalmanlehto, Johan
Tuukkanen, Johanna
Muyanja, Michael