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

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Laos

Craft Revival Trust

Dhurries, Floor Covering, Carpets

Floor Coverings of Bihar and Jharkhand

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Cire- Perdue / Lost Wax Metal Casting - Houshold Items and Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history, Art History

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka Block-Printed and Resist -Dyed Textiles

Edwards, Eiluned

Micro-history, Art History

Creating an Identity Through Crafts

Jain, Rishav

Craftspersons, Artisanal

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Photo Essay

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Desai, Meha

Learning, Activity Center

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Op-Ed

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

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.