The main themes in the seminar examine the important role art plays in ceremony, ritual, healing, trance, and the transmission of culture in indigenous societies. The main aims of the event focus on examining the relationship between shamanic art, its importance and continuity within both historical as well as contemporary societies, and the function of symbolism within this context.

 

The event will be held in the Arktikum House (Pohjoisranta 4).

 

 

Program

Thursday November 27, 2014

9.00-10.00 Registration

10.00 Conference Opening
Dean, Professor Timo Jokela, the Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland
Researcher Francis Joy, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

10.15 Siperian rock art
Dr. Mihály Hoppál, The Institute of Ethnology, The Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Discussion

12.15 Lunch Break at Arktikum café (own cost)

13.30 Reflections of the past - Sámi cultural heritage and contemporary art are meeting
Professor Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja, Faculty of Art and Desing, University of Lapland
Discussion

14.30 Changing Traditions and Applications; Sami Sacred Symbols for Living
Dr. Elina Helander-Renvall, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Discussion

15.30 Coffee break (own cost)

16.00 Visit to the Art gallery VALO

17:00 Film Evening to the public in Polarium (free entrance)
Shamans of Four Nations (42 min.) – 1977
Was to the Upper World (29 min.) - 2006
Directed and introducted by Dr. H.Hoppál (with English voice over or subtitled)

 

  

 

Friday November 28, 2014

10.00 What Influence do the Sami Noaidi drums from the 17th and 18th centuries have on sami shaman Drums produced by Sami persons in Lapland today?
Researcher Francis Joy, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Discussion

11.00 The Object as an Act of Freedom. Kandinsky and Shaman Art
Anthropologist, collector Sergio Poggianella
Discussion

12.00 Lunch Break at Arktikum café (own cost)

13.00 Cosmics Symbolism in Siberian Shamanism
Dr. Mihály Hoppál, The Institute of Ethnology, The Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Discussion

14.00 Coffee break (own cost)

14.20 Visit to Voyages Beyond exhibition, Science Centre and Provincial Museum of Lapland

17.00 Film Evening to the public in Polarium (free entrance)
Memory of a Festival Nomad - a film to the memory of Heimo Lappalainen (29 min.) – 2004
Shamans: Past and Present (I-II. parts) (35 min + 45 min) - 1994 Directed and introducted by Dr. H.Hoppál (with English voice over or subtitled)

  

 

Speakers

Mihály Hoppál

The Institute of Ethnology, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Biography here.

 

 

Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja

Faculty of Art and Desing, University of Lapland, Finland

 

 

Elina Helander-Renvall

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland

 

 

 

Francis Joy

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland

 

Sergio Poggianella

Foundation Sergio Poggianella, Italy

  

  

 

Registration

Please register your participation to seminar organizers by November 21, 2014 by this format to maria-riitta.mallinen(at)ulapland.fi.

  

 

Travel and accommodation

The participants are expected to organize their own travel and cover their travel expenses. Information about accommodation and travel to Rovaniemi can be found from: www.visitrovaniemi.fi/where-to-sleep.

  

 

More information

Researcher Francis Joy
francis.joy(at)ulapland.fi
Office telephone + 44 40 4844 299

Event Coordinator Mrs. Raija Kivilahti
raija.kivilahti(at)ulapland.fi
Phone +358 40 5684890

Congress Secretary Mrs. Maria-Riitta Mällinen
maria-riitta.mallinen(at)ulapland.fi
Phone +358 40 4844 239

www.arcticcentre.org