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

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Craft Revival Trust

Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Jewellery of Tamil Nadu

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Micro-history / Art History

Mural Painting at Raghurajpur

INTACH

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Reviews

Book Review

Dhamija, Jasleen

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craftsmanship in Education

Ranjan, M P

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.