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

Embroidery

Chikan Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Nanda, Gulshan

Miscellaneous

Doll Making in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurries of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Haryana

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Jewellery of Tamil Nadu

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Ethical Fashion Show, Paris (9-12 September)

Prajapati, Uma

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Safeguarding

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Discover groundbreaking transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate processes and techniques.

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects from across South Asia and the world. 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.