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

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles

Craft Revival Trust

Art, Painting

Basholi Miniature Painting of Jammu

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

Micro-history / Art History

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

Safeguarding

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

Micro-history / Art History

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

Safeguarding

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Micro-history / Art History

Crafting Craft

Bhand, Vishal C.

Micro-history / Art History

Budget Allocations For Handlooms and Handicrafts

Gautam, Kumar

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.