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

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Glass Bead Craft of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Leather

Camel Skin Craft

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Agarbatti/Incense Stick Making

Craft Revival Trust

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

Safeguarding

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

The Sacred and the Temporal Arts of Sanjhi

Sethi, Ritu

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.