- Main branch of study: Academic research
- Research area: Memory and landscape
- Project name: Comparative ethnobotany among the different pastoralist communities in the Balkans
- Project leader: Andrea Pieroni
- Partnerships: University of Tirana (Albania); University of Pristina (Kosovo); University of Belgrade (Serbia); University of Tetovo (Macedonia); University of Sofia (Bulgaria); University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir (Turkey); University of Tartu (Estonia)
Presentation of the project:
The project will document traditional uses of wild and other plants, especially for food, medicinal and veterinary purposes, in the Western Balkans, in particular among linguistic and/or religious minorities, and make a cross-cultural comparison thereof.
Bibliography and sitography:
Pieroni, A., Nedelcheva, A., Dogan, Y.
Local knowledge of medicinal plants and wild food plants among Tatars and Romanians in Dobruja (South-East Romania)
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (Springer, The Netherlands), accepted,
in press
Pieroni, A., Ibraliu, I., Abbasi, A.M., Papajani-Toska, V.
An ethnobotanical study among Albanians and Aromanians living in the Rraicë and Mokra areas of Eastern Albania
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (Springer, The Netherlands), accepted,
in press
Quave, C.L., Pieroni, A.
A reservoir of ethnobotanical knowledge informs resilient food security and health strategies in the Balkans
Nature Plants (NPG Mcmillan) (2015) 14021
Pieroni, A., Cianfaglione, K., Nedelcheva, A., Hajdari, A., Mustafa, B., Quave, C.L.
Resilience at the border: traditional botanical knowledge among Macedonians and Albanians living in Gollobordo, Eastern Albania
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (BioMed Central, UK), 10 (2014), 31
Pieroni, A., Quave. C.L. (editors)
Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans. Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation
Springer, New York, 2014 (ISBN: 9781493914913)
Quave C.L., Pieroni, A.
Fermented foods for food security and food sovereignty in the Balkans: A case study of the Gorani people of Northeastern Albania
Journal of Ethnobiology (Society of Ethnobiology, USA), 34 (2014), 28-43
Pieroni, A., Nedelcheva, A., Hajdari, A., Mustafa, B., Scaltriti, B., Cianfaglione, K., Quave, C.L.
Local knowledge on plants and domestic remedies in the mountain villages of Peshkopia (Eastern Albania)
Journal of Mountain Sciences (Springer), 11 (2014), 180-194
Rexhepi, B., Mustafa, B., Hajdari, A., Rushidi-Rexhepi, J., Quave, C.L., Pieroni, A.
Traditional medicinal plant knowledge among Albanians, Macedonians and Gorani in the Sharr Mountains (Republic of Macedonia)
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution (Springer, The Netherlands), 60
(2013), 2055-2080
Pieroni, A., Rexhepi, B., Nedelcheva, A., Hajdari, A., Mustafa, B., Kolosova, V., Cianfaglione, K., Quave, C.L.
One century later: the folk botanical knowledge of the last remaining Albanians of the upper Reka Valley, Mount Korab, Western Macedonia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (BioMed Central, UK), 9 (2013), 22
