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

Basholi Miniature Painting of Jammu

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Hand-Block Printing

Wooden Block Making for Hand Printing in Pethapur, Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Jewellery, Beads

Jewellery of Tamil Nadu

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Micro-history / Art History

Rabindra Behera

Jaitly, Jaya

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Micro-history / Art History

Budget Allocations For Handlooms and Handicrafts

Gautam, Kumar

Micro-history / Art History

Towards a Renaissance of India’s Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

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.