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

Floor Decorations

Floor Coverings of Bihar and Jharkhand

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

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

Craft Revival Trust

Floor Decorations

Dhurries of Odisha

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Fabric/Fibre/Flower/Candle/Glass Paintings

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Excerpts from 'Ornamentation in Traditional Indian Architecture'

Dhar, Parul Pandya

Micro-history / Art History

The World of Sankho Chaudhury

Sethi, Ritu

Micro-history / Art History

God's Little Dancers

Ratnakar, Pooja

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

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

Edwards, Eiluned

Micro-history / Art History

Development of Printing in Rajasthan

Gaur, Sonal

Advocacy

The Currency of Dil Bhavna

Chatterjee, Ashoke

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Crafts in the Policy Space

Bhasin, Anuradha

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.