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

Bidri/Inlay on Metal

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Jewellery of Tamil Nadu

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Brass and Silver Filigree

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Advocacy

The Currency of Dil Bhavna

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Bamboo and Rural Prosperity

Ranjan, M P

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Daily Dump

Kasturi, Poonam Bir

Micro-history / Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

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.