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

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Laos

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Craft of Bangladesh

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Micro-history / Art History

Canada's Visa Refusal to Indian Artisans

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Craft / Handloom / Art

Telling Tales

Sethi, Ritu

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Obituary

Ratnakar, Pooja

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.