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

Theatre, Performance Crafts

Phulam Japi/Hats of Assam

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Betel Nut/Areca Catechu Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Rod Puppetry of West Bengal

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat

Tribal Crafts

Cane and Bamboo of Sikkim

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

Op-Ed

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Craft, Handloom, Art

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Micro-history, Art History

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka

Edwards, Eiluned

Reviews

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

Obituaries

Obituary

Ratnakar, Pooja

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.