The book I am presenting, as Head of the Art and Design Academic Department, is a very valuable contribution from Keiko Watanabe to our unit, with the purpose of handing down her investigation to us, heirs to the Paracas culture: Peruvian people. It has been reviewed and contextualized in an outstanding essay by Ann Peters, expert researcher of the Paracas culture, widely acknowledged internationally. As coordinator at AXIS Arte, an interdisciplinary team for research and development, I am pleased to introduce the research article on which the work carried out with Keiko Watanabe since 2017 is based, promoting workshops on the recovery of the Paracas knotting technique in the Faculty of Art and Design. These interdisciplinary spaces have had the participation of museums’ specialists, textile conservators, and people interested in the subject; along with Yuki Seo, creating great expecta...

The book I am presenting, as Head of the Art and Design Academic Department, is a very valuable contribution from Keiko Watanabe to our unit, with the purpose of handing down her investigation to us, heirs to the Paracas culture: Peruvian people. It has been reviewed and contextualized in an outstanding essay by Ann Peters, expert researcher of the Paracas culture, widely acknowledged internationally. As coordinator at AXIS Arte, an interdisciplinary team for research and development, I am pleased to introduce the research article on which the work carried out with Keiko Watanabe since 2017 is based, promoting workshops on the recovery of the Paracas knotting technique in the Faculty of Art and Design. These interdisciplinary spaces have had the participation of museums’ specialists, textile conservators, and people interested in the subject; along with Yuki Seo, creating great expecta...