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

AN INITITATIVE OF CRAFT REVIVAL TRUST. Since 1999

Highlights

Stimulating Deliberation

Cane, Bamboo

Bamboo and Cane Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

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

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber, Coir & Stem Craft of Kerala

Embroidery

Crewel Embroidery of Kashmir

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Bamboo and Rural Prosperity

Asia Inch Podcasts/Videos

Innovations

Discover groundbreaking transformative innovations and inventions that reframe and regenerate processes and techniques.

Collections, Exhibits and Ephemera

Explore rarely seen collections of objects from across South Asia and the world. In addition browse through exhibitions and displays that are bound in time and space.

Journal

The Asia InCH journal seeks to spark informed and productive debate on the intangible cultural heritage landscape.

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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.