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

Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurries of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

Craft Revival Trust

Carving

Betel Nut/Areca Catechu Carving

Craft Revival Trust

Carving

Gem Stone Carving

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Haryana

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Ahir Bharat Embroidery

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Cultural Investing

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Daily Dump

Kasturi, Poonam Bir

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

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.