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

Metal

Bidri/Inlay on Metal

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

From Kridapatram to Ganjifa

Gupta, Swati

Micro-history / Art History

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

Obituary

Ratnakar, Pooja

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka Block-Printed and Resist -Dyed Textiles

Edwards, Eiluned

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.