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

Clay, Terracotta, Pottery

Blue Pottery of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Embroidery

Ahir Embroidery of Gujarat

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Sikkim

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Bihar

Arts, Painting

Basholi Miniature Painting of Jammu and Kashmir

Craft, Handloom, Art

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Craft, Handloom, Art

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Technology

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Craft, Handloom, Art

The Sacred and the Temporal Arts of Sanjhi

Sethi, Ritu

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

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.