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

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Arani Silk Sari Weaving of Tamil Nadu

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Bidri/Inlay on Metal

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Policy

Canada's Visa Refusal to Indian Artisans

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Reviews

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Craft, Handloom, Art

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

Micro-history, Art History

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Micro-history, Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

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.