Asia InCH – Encyclopedia of Intangible Cultural Heritage – Open educational resource on the intangible cultural heritage of the traditional arts, crafts and textiles and their practitioners and transmitters in South Asia

Highlights

Stimulating Deliberation

Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurries of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

Craft Revival Trust

Tie-dye, Bandhani, Shibori

Bandhani - Process and Technique

The AIACA

Bone, Horn, Shell, Ivory

Coconut Shellware

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Embroidery of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Bihar Journal

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Alternative Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Canada's Visa Refusal to Indian Artisans

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Discover transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate processes and techniques.

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. In addition browse through exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Bibliography

Over 10,000 bibliographic listings on the arts, traditional crafts, design, heritage, culture - intangible and tangible, its practitioners, its history and associated studies.

Glossary

This guide has been conceived as an introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.