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

Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir

Leather

Camel Skin Craft

Murals, Floor, Wall Arts

Mud murals and paintings/Abharai of Kutch, Gujarat

Dhurries, Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurries of Odisha

Clay, Terracotta, Pottery

Clay, Terracotta and Ceramics

Organisations, Institutions, Movements

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Op-Ed

A Love Letter to the Vibe of India

Sunny and Meeta

Cultural, Creative Industries

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

Interviews, Conversations

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Craft, Handloom, Art

Rasamandal

Pathak, Anamika

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Alternative Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Jongeward, Carolyn

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

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.