Final panel at #TextileConf22 is on #EnvironmentalScience in response to #TextileIndustry within the context of #imperialism. Impact of the textile industry on #ClimateChange goes further than polluting impact of #FossilFuels. Includes forcible change to agriculture in colonised countries to cotton cultivation and engineering of cotton crops to make them more reliable. Example of forcible removal of #Kombumerri people in Queensland to use land for cotton cultivation.

Second session of #TextileConf22 I've picked is about stitching together evidences of #IndustrialHistory from disparate sources (#archaeology #archives #BuiltEnvironment #museums #HistoricMachinery #art) through the #CongruenceEngine project.
https://www.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/project/the-congruence-engine/

I'm at the #TextileConf22 at the #ScienceAndIndustryMuseum today. First panel on the collaborative research project #GlobalThreads is fascinating.
https://globalthreadsmcr.org/