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

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Engraving and Calligraphy on Rice Grains

Craft Revival Trust

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Ahir Bharat Embroidery

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Embroidery of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Haryana

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Kalamkari

George, Ligi

Micro-history / Art History

Crafting Craft

Bhand, Vishal C.

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Daily Dump

Kasturi, Poonam Bir

Micro-history / Art History

Craft Design and Public Awareness

McComb, Jessie F.

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

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.