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Textile Heritage research is an exciting interdisciplinary field, bringing together scholars and experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds to pursue a shared exploration of past textile experiences, technologies, and traditions. Over the years, the research community working on historical and traditional textiles has generated a rich networked ecosystem, formed by a range of research centres, University departments, museums, project, teams, as well as free lance experts.

While this diversity is a distinct strength, it also poses challenges, as many of the initiatives to foster awareness of Textile Heritage and to convey its potential to stakeholders outside the research network, worthwhile as they are, remain very isolated and localized. Further synergy is required to bring the wealth of knowledge and insights of this research community to the fore, and to showcase the many ways in which it can contribute to creativity and to inspire sustainable development in the Present and the Future.

 

While respecting the diversity of this community, the HERITEX-HUB aims to act as an aggregating platform and an umbrella organization to raise the profile of Textile Heritage research and to act as a bridge between experts and other stakeholders, whether they are creatives, entrepreneurs and business owners looking for Textile Heritage knowledge and expertise for their creative and business endeavors, or decision-makers looking for historical precedent for alternatives to current production and consumption patterns.

All members of the Textile Heritage research community will be welcome to join the hub’s team and network once it is in operation, to share their expertise, their knowledge, and their insights. In return, the hub will offer them the opportunity to network with a range of different stakeholders to develop common projects, applying their know-how to creative and business ventures and to support evidence-based decision-making at the local and European level.

MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE HERITEX-HUB COMING SOON!