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

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Baluchari of West Bengal

Wool, Felt

Felting of Delhi

Arts, Painting

Nail Painting

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Micro-history, Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Craft, Handloom, Art

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Research

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Alternative Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Jongeward, Carolyn

Cultural, Creative Industries

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

Op-Ed

A Love Letter to the Vibe of India

Sunny and Meeta

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate techniques.

Collections, Exhibits, Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. Browse 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

An introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.