Scholarly publications

 

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Huhmarniemi, Maria. & Joy, Francis. (2022). Encountering trees and powers of nature. In Glen. Coutts & Timo. Jokela (Eds.), Relate North #9 (pp. 106–125). InSEA publications. https://www.insea.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/RelateNorth9_WEB.pdf

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Joy, Francis and Herrmann, Thora. 2022. Sacred Sites in the Arctic North and Beyond: The Challenges of Protecting Cultural Heritage and Living Traditions in a Multitude of Contexts and Cultures (Introductory Note). In: Special Issue of Nordicum Mediterraneum. Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies, Special Issue - Volume 17, Number 3. URL: https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-17-no-3-2022/introductory-note-volume-17-no-3-2022/sacred-sites-in-the-arctic-north-and-beyond-the-challenges-of-protecting-cultural-heritage-and-living-traditions-in-a-multitude-of-contexts-and-cultures/ pp. 1-8.

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Joy, Francis. 2022. Sacred Natural Sites in the Arctic North: Living Memory, Traditions,
Cultural Heritage and Exploitation Through Tourism and Inadequate
Protection. In: Nordicum Mediterraneum. Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies, Special Issue - Volume 17, Number 3. URL: https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-17-no-3-2022/long-abstract-editor-review/sacred-natural-sites-in-the-arctic-north-living-memory-traditions-cultural-heritage-and-exploitation-through-tourism-and-inadequate-protection/ pp. 1-3.

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Joy, Francis and Huhmarniemi, Maria. 2022. Encountering Trees and Rocks. Lapin yliopiston Taiteiden Tiedekunnan Julkaisuja. Sarja C. Katsauksia ja Puheenvuoroja, nro 65: 65 (Lapin yliopisto), pp. 54-57.

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Joy, Francis. 2022. Wild Wisdom from the Arctic North. A book of 100 Magical Poems, Verses and Thinking. Pohjolan Palvelut Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland.

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Joy, Francis. 2021. A Book of 100 Poems and Magical Verses. Pohjolan Palvelut Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland.

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Joy, Francis. (2021). To What Extent is the Polarization of the Sámi People Visible in Finland in Connection with Appropriation of their Spiritual Traditions and Cultural Heritage into Tourism? AGON - Pohjoinen Tiede- ja Kulttuurilehti. Edited by Olli Koskela and Salomo Juupaluoma. URL: http://agon.fi/article/to-what-extent-is-the-polarization-of-the-sami-people-visible-in-finland-in-connection-with-appropriation-of-their-spiritual-traditions-and-cultural-heritage-into-tourism/#_ftn4

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Joy, Francis. (2021). The Bear in Art and Landscape. In: Huhmarniemi, Maria; Wallenius-Korkalo, Sandra; Jokela, Timo (eds.) Dialogista Vaikuttamista – Yhteisöllistä Taidekasvatusta Pohjoisessa” -Julkaisun Julkistamistilaisuuteen. Toimittama Juhlakirja Mirja Hiltuselle Hänen Täyttäessään 60 Vuotta. (Dialogue Influence - Communal Art Education in the North. A Commemorative Book Dedicated to Mirja Hiltunen, Professor of Fine Arts Education at the University of Lapland, on her 60th Birthday). Faculty of Arts Publications Series C. Reviews and Speeches: 68. The Faculty of Arts of the University of Lapland. Dialogista vaikuttamista - yhteisöllistä taidekasvatusta pohjoisessa. Juhlakirja Mirja Hiltuselle hänen täyttäessään 60 vuotta (ulapland.fi) pp. 182-187.

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Joy, Francis. (2021). Children’s Rock Art Education – A Scandinavian Study. Nordicum Mediterraneum. Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies, Volume 16 No 1. https://nome.unak.is/wordpress/volume-16-no-1-2021/new-double-blind-peer-reviewed-article-volume-16-no-1-2021/childrens-rock-art-a-scandinavian-study/ pp. 1-57.

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Joy, Francis. (2020). What is Carried Inside. Pacific Sámi Searvi. Published in the United States of America. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1To8MeFzlRhVNbyhJIUUiOS-ybrdskcER/view?fbclid=IwAR1v7-fsDiGLCkfpedEcIxNLfvFY6Om1TooJ9mDABXEROxBrTLDg5QLOrJI

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Joy, Francis. (2020). The Importance of the Sun Symbol in the Restoration of Sámi Spiritual Traditions and Healing Practices. Religions, 6, 11. pp. 1-22. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/6/270/htm

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Joy, Francis. (2020). Sámi Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Finland. In: Tennberg, Monica., Lempinen, Hanna. & Pirnes, Susanna. (eds.). Resources, Social and Cultural Sustainabilities in the Arctic. 1. ed. Oxon: Routledge. (Routledge Research in Polar Regions): 144-162.

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Joy, Francis (2019). Reconstructing Culture Through Art- for the Memory of Sámi Noaidi Aikia Aikianpoika. AGON - Pohjoinen Tiede- ja Kulttuurilehti. Edited by Olli Koskela and Salomo Juupaluoma. URL: http://agon.fi/article/reconstructing-culture-through-art-for-the-memory-of-sami-noaidi-aikia

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Joy, Francis. (2018). The Disappearance of the Sacred Swedish Sámi Drum and the Protection of Sámi Cultural Heritage. Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research, pp. 255 – 266. URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/disappearance-of-the-sacred-swedish-sami-drum-and-the-protection-of-sami-cultural-heritage/1B84B02BDC1CC0E0F5F81B2726C02F67

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Joy, Francis. (2018). Sámi Shamanism, Cosmology and Art as Systems of Embedded Knowledge. Doctoral Dissertation. Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 367. The University of Lapland. URL: http://lauda.ulapland.fi/handle/10024/63178

 

Joy, Francis. (2017). Noaidi Drums from Sápmi, Rock Paintings in Finland and Sámi Cultural Heritage: an Investigation. First View Article / Polar Record: A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247416000917: pp1-20.

 

Joy, Francis. (2016). The Vitträsk Rock Painting and the Theory of a Sámi Cosmological Landscape. Suomen Antropologi Issue 3, Volume 41: pp44-68. https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/60389.

 

Joy, Francis (2016). The Sámi Noaidi Grave in Kuusamo and the Significance of the North-South   Orientation. Journal of Finnish Studies Volume 19/1: pp208-243.

 

Joy, Francis. (2016). Sámi Shamanism Past and Present and the Desecration of the Sacred in Finland. In: Bunikowski, Dawid (ed.). Philosophy of Law in the Arctic. URL: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/79177263.pdf  pp.53-60.

 

Joy, Francis. (2015). External and Internal Factors: The Desecration and Destruction of Pre-historic Rock Paintings in Finland. In: Leena Heinamäki, Thora Herrmann (eds.) The Sacred Arctic - Experiencing and Protecting Sacred Natural Sites of Sámi and other Indigenous Peoples. Published by Springer: pp129-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48069-5_9.

 

Joy, Francis. (2015). Sámi Shamanism, Fishing Magic and Drum Symbolism; in: SHAMAN - The International Journal for Shamanistic Research (ISSR), Volume 23, Numbers 1-2. Spring Autumn 2015: pp67-102. https://lacris.ulapland.fi/files/2304681/ShamanVol23_Joy.pdf

 

Joy, Francis. (2015). The Absence of Sámi History and Cultural Heritage in Children's Education in Finland. In: Heinamäki, Leena, Herrmann, Thora Martina & Raslich, Nichole A (eds.) Preserving Sacred Sites. Arctic Indigenous Peoples as Cultural Heritage Rights Holders. Jurdica Lapponica 39. Published by the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland Printing Centre, Rovaniemi: pp21-27.

 

Joy, Francis. (2015). Saamelaisen Kulttuurin ja Hengellisyyden Elävät Traditiot –Eräitä Kohtaamisia (Some Encounters with the Living Spiritual Traditions of Sámi Culture). In: Joensuu, Kosti. Valkonen, Sanna and Lampela, Kalle (eds): AGON - Pohjoinen Tiede- ja Kulttuurilehti, Käännös: Tmi Eva Ahl. Pohjoinen Filosofiyhdistys AGON ry ja Kirjoittajat: pp16-24.

 

Joy, Francis. (2014). What Influence do the Old Sámi Noaidi Drums from Lapland Play in the Construction of New Shaman Drums by Sámi Persons Today? In: Kõiva, Mare & Kuperjanov, Andres (eds.) The Estonian Journal of Folklore, Volume 56: pp117-158. Published by FB and Media Group of Estonian Literary Museum. http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol56/joy.pdf

 

Joy, Francis. (2014). To All Our Relations: Evidence of Sámi Involvement in the Creation of Rock Paintings in Finland. In: Polar Record / First View Article, pp1-4. Copyright © Cambridge University Press.

 

Joy, Francis. (2011) The History of Lapland and the case of the Sami Noaidi drum figures reversed. Publication in: in: Kõiva, Mare & Kuperjanov, Andres (eds.). The Estonian Journal of Folklore, Volume 47, pp 113-144. Published by: FB and Media Group of Estonian Literary Museum.  http://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol47

 

Joy, Francis (2007) Shamanism and Rock Art: The dancing figure and stone face at Hossa, Northern Finland, Publication in: Suomen Antropologi Lehti, Volume 32/1, pp 77-89. http://www.antropologinenseura.fi/journal/journal/volume-32-12007/

 

Book Reviews

 

Joy, Francis (2020). Lauri Pitkänen, Jouko Alapartanen, Petri Hiltunen, Lea Kaulanen, and Elsa-Maria Kaulanen: The Night’s Edge – Old Lapland Tales (English edition, translated from Finnish into English by Peitsa Suoniemi). Salakirjat. Tallinna Raamatutruikikoda 2018. Hardcover; pp. 1-170. Published in Temenos Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, pp. 150-152. URL: https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/95695

 

Joy, Francis. (2015) Nordic Neoshamanisms. Siv Ellen Kraft, Trude Fonneland & James R. Lewis (eds). New York Palgrave. Published in Temenos Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion.

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Joy, Francis. (2015). Idioms of Sámi Health and Healing. Barbara Ann Milled (ed). 2015. The University of Alberta Press. Published in Polar Record.

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Other Publications

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Joy, Francis. (2016). Saamelaisen Kulttuurin ja Hengellisyyden Elävät Traditiot : Eräitä Kohtaamisia.  Seita : Lehto Suomen luonnonuskontojen yhdistys ry:n jäsenlehti. Translated from English to Finnish by Katariina Krabbe.

 

Joy, Francis. (2015). Pyhä Maisema ja Maapallon Hyvinvointi [The Sacredness of the Landscape and Well-Being of the Earth. Published in Seita : Lehto Suomen Luonnonuskontojen Yhdistys ry:n Jäsenlehti.

 

Joy, Francis. (2012). The Bear Sieddi Stone of Njuohgárggi.  Published in Báiki: The International Sámi Journal of North America.

 

Joy, Francis. (2011). Sami Noaide Drums Found in England. Published in Báiki: The International Sámi Journal of North America.

 

Newspaper Articles

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Joy, Francis. (2014) Sámi Rock Paintings: Links to Finnish Pre-history Defined.in: Finland Times, Edited by Shahidul Islam.

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Joy, Francis. (2014). Kalliomaalauksissa Yhtäläisyyttä Saamelaisuuteen, [Similarities Between Rock Paintings and Sámi Culture]. In: Lapin Kansa Oy, number 120, p34. Alma Media. Translated from English to Finnish by Maria-Riitta Mallinen

Magazine Articles

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Joy, Francis. (2010) Art of the Stones; An Encounter with the Shamanic Rock Art of Neolithic Finland. In: Sacred Hoop; Celebrating the Cycles of Life. Issue 68, 2010, pp 34-37. SGC Printing, Merthyr Tidfil, South Wales, United Kingdom.

 

Joy, Francis. (2010) Druidreligion, Shamanism, och Landskapets Helighet [Druid Religion, Shamanism and the Sacredness of Landscape]. In: Ad Lucem, Tidskrift för Livsåskådning och Kultur, 3/2010 Heligt. pp 20-27.Tryckning: Ekenäs Tryckeri, Ekenäs 2010. ISSN: 0355-9653.

 

Joy, Francis. (2009) Repatriating Sami Shaman Drums, in: Shaman's Drum, A Journal of Experiential Shamanism and Spiritual Healing, Number 80, 2009.Published in The United States, Williams, Oregon, pp 8-9.

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University of Lapland Profile and publications:

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