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

Constructed garments, Apparel

Dance Costumes of Manipur

Carving

Gem Stone Carving

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Embroidery of Maharashtra

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Glass Bead Craft of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Micro-history / Art History

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

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.