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

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Hand-Block Printing

Nail Painting

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Agarbatti/Incense Stick Making

Craft Revival Trust

Safeguarding

From the Ocean of Indian Folk Stories

Majumdar, Minhazz

Micro-history / Art History

Rasamandal

Pathak, Anamika

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Obituary

Ratnakar, Pooja

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

From Kridapatram to Ganjifa

Gupta, Swati

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s 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.