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

Art, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas & Paubhas

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Craft Revival Trust

Carving

Betel Nut/Areca Catechu Carving

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Bamboo and Cane Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Crafting Craft

Bhand, Vishal C.

Micro-history / Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

Alternative Entrepreneurship in Thailand

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

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.