TY - CONF AB - <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 16px;">Studying indigenous textile artisans and their art forms can provide insights into a side of the global textile industry which is still relatively untouched by commercialization. This paper presents an ethnographic study conducted on the lived experiences of indigenous women textile artisans in the North Eastern Region of India (NERI). The results of an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) uncovered a profound connection that the artisans shared with their traditional textile art forms, such as silk rearing, spinning, dyeing and weaving. Furthermore, recent government support, artisans’ personal intention to revive the traditional art form, and ingenuity employed in every step of the production process, drove the sustenance of the artisans’ livelihood and their art form. An interpretive explanation of how the connection between, and the sustenance of, the artisan and their art coexisted is provided. The significance of these artisans’ sustainable approach to their livelihood and textile art is discussed.</span> AU - Bharath Ramkumar, Rebecca Dias DA - 2019/12// DO - 10.31274/itaa.8330 IS - 1 VL - 76 PB - Iowa State University Digital Press PY - 2019 TI - Sustaining Indigenous Textile Artisans and Their Art in the North Eastern Region of India T2 - International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference Proceedings UR - https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/itaa/article/id/8330/ ER -