Textile Heritage—Artistic Research on Textile in relation to Heritage, Culture, Community

Textile heritage – artistic research on textiles in relation to heritage, culture and community (2025-2030)The collaboration will connect researchers from universities, cultural organizations and museums to 1) build knowledge about the historical and contemporary role of textiles based on the research environment thematic demarcations; 2) make visible, develop and articulate textile experiences; and 3) establish a research environment which contributes to the exchange of knowledge between different institutions and society at large.

The research questions are: a) How can the textile cultural heritage be actualized through artistic research? b) How can we explore tangible and intangible cultural heritage through artistic research? c) How are cultural and bodily textile experiences conveyed? d) How can we collaborate and do joint research on textile cultural heritage across institutions?

The research will be conducted through dialogue and engagement with project partners, their collections, and exhibitions.

It will develop and apply methods through which textile craft heritage can be activated and reinterpreted in dialogue with contemporary art practice, thereby making it more visible and relevant.

Textile heritage is important because it engages with issues of sustainability, gender, class, post-colonial perspectives, democracy, and cultural policy.

This research conducted will therefore have greater social and political implications and is highly topical in our time.