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

Headwear, Headgear

Phulam Japi/Hats of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Craft Revival Trust

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Engraving and Calligraphy on Rice Grains

Craft Revival Trust

Tie-dye, Bandhani, Shibori

Bandhani - Process and Technique

The AIACA

Micro-history / Art History

Bihar Journal

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Research

Chamba Rumal

Delhi Crafts Council

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

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.