Artifacts of the Past as Traces of Memory. The Aromanian Cultural Heritage in the Balkans ; Artefakty przeszłości jako ślady pamięci. Dziedzictwo kulturowe Aromanów na Bałkanach

TitleArtifacts of the Past as Traces of Memory. The Aromanian Cultural Heritage in the Balkans ; Artefakty przeszłości jako ślady pamięci. Dziedzictwo kulturowe Aromanów na Bałkanach
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsEwa Kocój
Abstract

The purpose of this article is to answer several questions: (1) What traces of the Aromanian (Vlach) tangible cultural heritage can be found in present-day Albania, Greece, and the Republic of Macedonia?; (2) What do such traces tell us about the local community and its history and significance in European culture?; (3) Is there today any Aromanian collective memory of the places where the traces of this heritage have been found? The article describes the regions, which used to be inhabited by Aromanians, presents the initial criteria for the division of their cultural heritage into groups by attributing selected examples [...]