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

Floor Decorations

Dhurries of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Bamboo and Cane Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Craft Revival Trust

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Craft / Handloom / Art

Telling Tales

Sethi, Ritu

Research

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

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.