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

Wax, Batik

Batik on Leather of Shanti Niketan, West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber & Stem Craft of Assam

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Metal Crafts

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coir Toys of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane and Bamboo of Sikkim

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Budget Allocations For Handlooms and Handicrafts

Gautam, Kumar

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Micro-history / Art History

Creating an Identity Through Crafts

Jain, Rishav

Policy

Accounting for Craft in Development:

Jongeward, Carolyn

Reviews

Book Review

Dhamija, Jasleen

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Cultural Investing

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

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.