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

Embroidery

Embroidery of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Embroidery

Gabba Embroidery of Jammu

Craft Revival Trust

Floor Decorations

Dhurries of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber & Stem Craft of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

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

Craft Revival Trust

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Safeguarding

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Cultural Investing

Jongeward, Carolyn

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.