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

Embroidery of Maharashtra

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coir Toys of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Rod Puppetry of West Bengal

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Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Art, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas & Paubhas

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

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.