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

Brass and Silver Filigree

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Jewellery, Beads, Jewelled Objects

Jewellery and Jewelled Objects of Tamil Nadu

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Cane, Bamboo

Vaas Kaam/Cane and Bamboo of Gujarat

Research

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Craft, Handloom, Art

Development of Printing in Rajasthan

Gaur, Sonal

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Cultural Investing

Jongeward, Carolyn

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Policy

Canada's Visa Refusal to Indian Artisans

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Op-Ed

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Bamboo and Rural Prosperity

Ranjan, M P

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.