Author: Emilio Koutsoftides

Barn 2 b: the unwanted ghost – is This writing is about a large vernacular barn, located in the highlands of northeast Lithuania (Aukštaitija). The barn is somewhat ordinary depending with whom you speak to. It had been part of a family homestead for several generations, though during post-war Soviet collectivization it was concluded that though it was in fact very usable as storage, it wasn’t relevant to draw it into the land titles, marking it only with a yellow paint streak on its south façade, now faded.  Its age is difficult to date. It is a typology of...