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

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Doll Making in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Ahir Bharat Embroidery

Craft Revival Trust

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

Micro-history / Art History

Canada's Visa Refusal to Indian Artisans

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Craft Design and Public Awareness

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka Block-Printed and Resist -Dyed Textiles

Edwards, Eiluned

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.