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

Wool, Knits, Felt

Felting of Delhi

Asia Inch

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Sikkim

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Headwear, Headgear

Phulam Japi/Hats of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Budget Allocations For Handlooms and Handicrafts

Gautam, Kumar

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Advocacy

The Currency of Dil Bhavna

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Safeguarding

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Micro-history / Art History

The Sacred and the Temporal Arts of Sanjhi

Sethi, Ritu

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.