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

Natural Fiber

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

Craft Revival Trust

Clay, Terracotta

Clay, Terracotta & Ceramics

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Gujarat

Craft Revival Trust

Art, Painting

Sacred Paintings/Thangkas & Paubhas

Craft Revival Trust

Micro-history / Art History

Cloth of Dreams

Sethi, Ritu

Advocacy

Nineteenth Century Textile Technology in India

Uzramma

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Bihar Journal

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

From Kridapatram to Ganjifa

Gupta, Swati

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Bringing Arts, Crafts And Culture To School Children

Majumdar, Minhazz

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

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.