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

Wax, Batik

Cire- Perdue / Lost Wax Metal Casting - Houshold Items and Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber, Coir & Stem Craft of Kerala

George, Ligi

Micro-history / Art History

Design For Craft Development

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Mural Painting at Raghurajpur

INTACH

Micro-history / Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

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.