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

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Bihar and Jharkhand

Craft Revival Trust

Art, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas & Paubhas

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber & Stem Craft of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling

Micro-history / Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Safeguarding

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Safeguarding

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Desai, Meha

Micro-history / Art History

A Unique Chamba Rumal on the Gajantaka Theme

Pathak, Anamika

Craft / Handloom / Art

Telling Tales

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

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.