Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos
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The Asia InCH Encyclopaedia is a continually evolving, open-source educational and knowledge platform dedicated to material cultural heritage, with a particular focus on South Asia. Conceived as both an authoritative and accessible resource, the encyclopaedia brings together over 1,500 entries on heritage crafts, textiles, and ancestral arts, encompassing practices that are historic, forgotten, endangered, and emergent.
The Asia InCH comprises multiple interlinked components, including documentation of materials and techniques, a glossary of specialised terms, profiles of practitioners, and more than 10,000 bibliographic entries. The platform is supported by an expert network of contributors—scholars, researchers, and craft practitioners—whose insights and field-based research continually expand and enrich its growing corpus.
The encyclopaedia complements the Global InCH Journal of Living Heritage, an associated publication that presents new scholarship, critical analysis, case studies, and commentary on heritage practices, safeguarding frameworks, and cultural policy.
Developed by the Craft Revival Trust, Asia InCH seeks to make rigorous, contextual knowledge on material cultural heritage widely accessible to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the wider public.
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Embroidery of Kerala
Wood
Wood Turning - Shagzo
Cane, Bamboo
Vaas Kaam/Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat
Wool, Felt
Dhurrie/ Floor Covering Weaving of Odisha
Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Baluchari Weaving of West BengalTribal Crafts
Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal PradeshLeather
Camel Leather Craft of PakistanTextiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi
Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle of NepalHand-Block Printing
Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, GujaratNatural Fiber
Coir Craft of Puri, OdishaClay, Terracotta, Pottery
Clay, Terracotta and Ceramics of PakistanGames, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports
Rod Puppetry of West BengalMurals, Floor art, Wall Art
Mud Murals and Paintings/Abharai of Kutch, GujaratNatural Fiber
Date, Palm Leaf, Straw, Palmyra and Other Leaf Mats and Baskets of BangladeshArts, Painting
Sacred Paintings/ Thangkas and Paubhas of NepalNatural Fiber
Coconut Shell, Fiber and Stem Craft of Assam
