On 30 June and 1 July 2022, the ERC TextileLab team held a workshop which investigates the influence of the state and policies on textile trade and production. Further questions were: how do institutions interplay with other factors (markets, households)? What are the benefits and limitations of the institutional approach?

The Call for Papers yielded a very diverse set of papers, with around 20 scholars from economic history, sociology, the archival sector, as well as artists and writers.