Archaeological textiles knowledge and knowhow. An ethnographic exploration of a high-density nano world

This article presents the ethnographic enquiry the author is conducting among and with textile scholars in humanities and sciences, technicians, museum curators and conservators, professional weavers and craftspeople, and aimed at exploring the research practices that guide and generate the "reconstruction" of ancient technological textile practices. Special focus is on the relation between knowledge and knowhow as specific as well as complementary knowledge production processes.