UNESCO and the dictator. Cultural heritage, totalitarianism and mobility in Albania

Albania's UNESCO World Heritage Sites—Butrint National Park, Berat, and Gjirokastra—reflect a complex interplay between cultural heritage and political regimes. Research reveals that contemporary patrimonialization in Albania, while challenging the legacies of Fascism and Communism, selectively reinterprets elements from these eras to craft a new tourist identity. The study employs document analysis from Tirana's National Historical Archive and ethnographic fieldwork, using mobility/immobility as a lens to examine heritage dynamics under totalitarianism and post-socialist transitions.

Francesco Vietti. (2019). UNESCO and the dictator. Cultural heritage, totalitarianism and mobility in Albania [JB]. Quaderni storici, 2, 391–415. https://doi.org/10.1408/96905