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

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Date, Palm Leaf, Straw and Palmyra and Other Leaf Mats and Baskets

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber, Coir & Stem Craft of Kerala

George, Ligi

Flowers, Seeds, Nuts, Grains

Engraving and Calligraphy on Rice Grains

Craft Revival Trust

Games, Toys, Dolls, Kites, Sports

Rod Puppetry of West Bengal

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Safeguarding

Abhyas in Crafts

Jaitly, Jaya

Micro-history / Art History

The Sacred and the Temporal Arts of Sanjhi

Sethi, Ritu

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Micro-history / Art History

Handicraft Articles Made with Cane

Innovarte

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.