Abstract
People come and go from different places to new ones in their own time. Despite all the difficulties that the emigrant population meets up with, memories of some “good old times” are always by the emigrants to support them in a unique way (mostly by warming their souls and hearts). People from Agrapha, a complex of several mostly isolated villages in the mainland of Greece (Evritania and Karditsa), during 1960, 1970 and even 1980 emigrated to other major cities such as Athens, Agrinio or Karditsa. Nevertheless, an amount of people during their migration to Athens settled down to Aliartos, as land was given to anyone who wanted to start a new life in the area at the time. Right after they settled to their new homes, they started to remember their everyday life back to Agrapha and tried to maintain it in their new home. As part of that population in this paper I seek matters of memory and identity in a new place, with the most valuable help from villagers, neighbors, and contributors of my settlement of Evritanes in Mazi one of the many villages surrounding Aliartos.
Presenters
Nikoletta ChondouStudent, Postgraduate Student, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attiki, Greece
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Antropology, Ethography, Identity, Memory, Space, Time, Customs, Vernacular oral expression
