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

Jewellery, Beads, Jewelled Objects

Glass Bead Craft of Arunachal Pradesh

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Clay, Terracotta, Pottery

Blue Pottery of Jaipur, Rajasthan

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Doll Making in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

Craft, Handloom, Art

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Interviews, Conversations

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Art History/Craft History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Art History/Craft History

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Travelogues

Bihar Journal

Tyabji, Laila

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.