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

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Bihar and Jharkhand

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Aranmula Kannadi Metal Mirror of Kerala

Craft Revival Trust

Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Wood Turning - Shagzo

Craft Revival Trust

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Bamboo and Rural Prosperity

Ranjan, M P

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Craft in Connecticut

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

The Sacred and the Temporal Arts of Sanjhi

Sethi, Ritu

Safeguarding

A Glimpse into the World of Patuas

Yagna

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

The Work of the Khatris of Dhamadka Block-Printed and Resist -Dyed Textiles

Edwards, Eiluned

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.