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

Natural Fiber

Date, Palm Leaf, Straw and Palmyra and Other Leaf Mats and Baskets

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Chikan Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Nanda, Gulshan

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Dolls and Toys of Tripura

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Agarbatti/Incense Stick Making

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Embroidery of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Advocacy

The Currency of Dil Bhavna

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Safeguarding

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Creating an Identity through Crafts

Jain, Rishav

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

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

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects from across South Asia and the world. 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.