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

Tie-dye, Bandhani, Shibori

Bandhani - Process and Technique

The AIACA

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Date, Palm Leaf, Straw and Palmyra and Other Leaf Mats and Baskets

Craft Revival Trust

Constructed garments, Apparel

Dance Costumes of Manipur

Interviews, Conversations

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

Micro-history, Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history, Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Museums, Collections

Mural Painting at Raghurajpur

INTACH

Skill Devt., Training, HRD

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Design, Designers

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Photo Essay

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

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.