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

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Constructed garments, Apparel

Dance Costumes of Manipur

Dhurries, Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurrie Weaving of Odisha

Arts, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas and Paubhas of Nepal

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Ganjifa/Playing Cards of Delhi

Art History/Craft History

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

Cultural, Creative Industries

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Research

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Policy

Bringing Arts, Crafts And Culture To School Children

Majumdar, Minhazz

Op-Ed

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Markets, Marketing, Trade

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate techniques.

Collections, Exhibits, Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects. Browse 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

An introductory survey to the rich, varied, specialized and often unfamiliar vocabulary used to describe crafts and textiles.