A Web and a Mobile Application to Explore the Cultural Heritage in the Greece-Albania Cross Border Region

Abstract

AbstractThere is a significant interest, from an ethnographic, cultural, and historical perspective, to record testimonies from oral sources in the cross-border area of interest. In the regions of Permet, Gjirokastra and Konitsa we can discover different sides of history and traditions and identify and promote common cultural characteristics that are associated with the areas of interest. Legends, folk tales and oral history testimonies were collected in the regions of Gjirokastra and Konitsa and were connected to the archive of the Library of Konitsa. The content of those oral sources is being used to enrich and transform the perception of the environment in the region and has an inherent additional social value by contributing to the social cohesion, dynamic evolution, and durability of the local cultural heritage.Thus, this connection of the touristic information with valuable information acquired from oral and written sources, not only would result to transforming the Library, in its physical or digital form, to a reference point for all tourists in the area but to create a sustainable tourist product for the region as well.KeywordsCultural heritageMobile applicationDigital libraryOral historyTestimonies