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

Chikan Embroidery of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Nanda, Gulshan

Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Allo Textiles - Himalayan Giant Nettle

Craft Revival Trust

Floor Decorations

Dhurries of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Arani Silk Sari Weaving of Tamil Nadu

Craft Revival Trust

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Craft Revival Trust

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

Safeguarding

Step-by-Step Process of Jacquard Weaving

The AIACA

Micro-history / Art History

Jogi Folk Art

Arora, Radhika

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

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.