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

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling

Wood

Agarbatti/Incense Stick Making

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Tie-dye, Bandhani, Shibori

Bandhani - Process and Technique

The AIACA

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Craft / Handloom / Art

Telling Tales

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Handicraft Articles Made with Cane

Innovarte

Research

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Ethical Fashion Show, Paris (9-12 September)

Prajapati, Uma

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

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.