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

Embroidery

Gabba Embroidery of Jammu

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Craft Revival Trust

Wool, Knits, Felt

Galeecha / Wool Carpets of Punjab

Craft Revival Trust

Headwear, Headgear

Phulam Japi/Hats of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Ethical Fashion Show, Paris (9-12 September)

Prajapati, Uma

Micro-history / Art History

From Kridapatram to Ganjifa

Gupta, Swati

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Micro-history / Art History

Mural Painting at Raghurajpur

INTACH

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Love Letter to the Vibe of India

Sunny and Meeta

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.