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

Cane, Bamboo

Bamboo and Cane Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Art, Painting

Ajanta Paintings of Maharashtra

Craft Revival Trust

Tie-dye, Bandhani, Shibori

Bandhani - Process and Technique

The AIACA

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Safeguarding

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

Micro-history / Art History

Budget Allocations For Handlooms and Handicrafts

Gautam, Kumar

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Micro-history / Art History

A Unique Chamba Rumal on the Gajantaka Theme

Pathak, Anamika

Safeguarding

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

Micro-history / Art History

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

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.