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

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Doll Making in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Ganjifa/Playing Cards of Delhi

Craft Revival Trust

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Cane, Bamboo

Bamboo and Cane Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Craft, Handloom, Art

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Op-Ed

Development of Printing in Rajasthan

Gaur, Sonal

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history, Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history, Art History

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

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.