The Association for the Preservation of Peruvian Textiles (TAPPT) is a nonprofit organization with the intention to preserve and empower the textile tradition and indigenous wisdom of Peru’s ancient civilizations, which map human interconnectedness with Mother Earth, and make it available to future generations. Without a written language, the ancient Inca’s communicated their wisdom in cloth, documenting and representing cultural and ancestral concepts and beliefs. TAPPT’s mission is to promote the continuation of the traditional lifestyle of harmonious existence with the environment while creating a sustainable economy for the tribe through the marketing of their textiles. To raise awareness and broaden their support base, TAPPT offers talks, workshops, courses and presentations at conferences and universities. The Rex Foundation grant will fund TAPPT’s model for sustainable economic activity based on nurturing a symbiotic relationship between modern technology and indigenous knowledge and traditional lifestyles as a paradigm to be recognized and reproduced by other projects and nations.

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