An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania
This research gives an overview of the Vlach identity in southeast Albania within the pattern of self-designation. I try to identify identity aspects of the place and people under the influence of border and transnationalism, during communism and post-communism, and the transition from communism...
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This research gives an overview of the Vlach identity in southeast Albania within the pattern of self-designation.
I try to identify identity aspects of the place and people under the influence of border and transnationalism, during communism and post-communism, and the transition from communism to a democratic system. I discuss how during the two systems the place and people developed a marginalized identity affected by the lack of the Center’s attention (Tirana) and by developing policies.
In this paper, I debate about politics of identity and politics of assimilation relating to the Vlach minority in the county of Korça. Particular attention is given to Census Albania 2011 while I explain the assimilation politics of the Albanian state.
Significant is the fact that I focused my study in my own country as part of anthropology at home, because I saw it worth utilizing the repertoire of being familiar with my own people’s culture, including also the acquaintances of language-Albanian and Romanian and with people of the area.
The research was conducted in rural villages with a high presence of Vlach minority, in order to analyze inter-ethnic relations. The social research map targeted the village of Voskopoja, former Moscopole or Moscopolis as it is also a multiculturalist landmark affected by transnationalism and transmigration processes.
In observing identity aspects, I employed a total experience, demanding my anthropological resources, intellectual, political, intuitive, native, and insiderness-outsiderness observation forms of knowledge. Had to measure the controlled information the locals delivered to me or to other researchers who had already produced texts about Vlachs.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e140834a1794487ebb4e41f7be5d68ac2025-08-20T03:05:21ZengGalati University PressACROSS2602-14632025-03-017210.35219/across.2023.2.05An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast AlbaniaInis SHKRELI0Mediterranean University of Albania This research gives an overview of the Vlach identity in southeast Albania within the pattern of self-designation. I try to identify identity aspects of the place and people under the influence of border and transnationalism, during communism and post-communism, and the transition from communism to a democratic system. I discuss how during the two systems the place and people developed a marginalized identity affected by the lack of the Center’s attention (Tirana) and by developing policies. In this paper, I debate about politics of identity and politics of assimilation relating to the Vlach minority in the county of Korça. Particular attention is given to Census Albania 2011 while I explain the assimilation politics of the Albanian state. Significant is the fact that I focused my study in my own country as part of anthropology at home, because I saw it worth utilizing the repertoire of being familiar with my own people’s culture, including also the acquaintances of language-Albanian and Romanian and with people of the area. The research was conducted in rural villages with a high presence of Vlach minority, in order to analyze inter-ethnic relations. The social research map targeted the village of Voskopoja, former Moscopole or Moscopolis as it is also a multiculturalist landmark affected by transnationalism and transmigration processes. In observing identity aspects, I employed a total experience, demanding my anthropological resources, intellectual, political, intuitive, native, and insiderness-outsiderness observation forms of knowledge. Had to measure the controlled information the locals delivered to me or to other researchers who had already produced texts about Vlachs. https://www.gup.ugal.ro/ugaljournals/index.php/across/article/view/7429VlachsAlbaniaethnic identitypolitics of assimilationidentity politicsCensus Albania |
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| title | An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania |
| title_full | An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania |
| title_fullStr | An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania |
| title_short | An Anthropological Perspective on Vlachs in Southeast Albania |
| title_sort | anthropological perspective on vlachs in southeast albania |
| topic | Vlachs Albania ethnic identity politics of assimilation identity politics Census Albania |
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