Sustainability and the Social Fabric : Europe's New Textile Industries

Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Clio Padovani -- The challenges of a socially sustainable textiles and fashion industry -- Plustex: An evidence-based approach -- Chapter structure -- Notes -- 1 Museums and the knowledge economy: Developing competitive advantage for the future Clio Padovani -- Museums and the manufacturing regions: Culture, tradition, and heritage -- Museums as knowledge transfer hubs -- Innovation hubs and museum leadership -- Conclusion: Knowledge hubs, networks, and social sustainability -- Interview with Eulalia Morral i Romeu, CDMT, Terrassa, Spain, November 25, 2014 -- Interview with Filippo Guarini, Museo del Tessuto, Prato, Italy, October 29, 2015 -- Notes -- 2 Weaving a social structure: Achieving specialist distinction Clio Padovani -- Social responsibility as a driver of economic and social development -- Rethinking authenticity as a commercial value through the narrative of a community's special labor -- Innovation, the narrative of making, and a shared understanding of value -- Product narrative and socially sustainable enterprise -- Conclusion: Authentic narrative, economic value, and an industry sensitive to social sustainability -- Interview with Jordi Purrà, manager, and Sofia Agerberth, export manager at Teixidors, Terrassa, Barcelona, November 25, 2014 -- Notes -- 3 Collaborative leadership, provenance, and the power of place Clio Padovani -- Social sustainability: Importance of leadership, the value of the network, and mutual recognition of authentic experience -- Harris Tweed as a weaving cluster: The provenance, the history, and the product -- Planning a shared vision for Harris Tweed -- Collaboration and leadership as tools for the empowerment for socially and economically fragmented textile manufacturing communities.