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

Gabba Embroidery of Jammu

Craft Revival Trust

Cane, Bamboo

Cane & Bamboo of Arunachal Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Wool, Knits, Felt

Galeecha / Wool Carpets of Punjab

Craft Revival Trust

Natural Fiber

Coconut Shell, Fiber, Coir & Stem Craft of Kerala

George, Ligi

Floor Covering, Carpets

Dhurries of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

Craft Revival Trust

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Micro-history / Art History

Artisans and Academics

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

Micro-history / Art History

Terracotta

Mohan, Ranjana

Micro-history / Art History

From Kridapatram to Ganjifa

Gupta, Swati

Reviews

Book Review

Tyabji, Laila

Micro-history / Art History

Handicraft Articles Made with Cane

Innovarte

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.