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

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber, Coir & Stem Craft of Kerala

George, Ligi

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Micro-history / Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Bringing Arts, Crafts And Culture To School Children

Majumdar, Minhazz

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.