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

Stone

Stone Craft of Pakistan

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Nail Painting

Craft Revival Trust

Miscellaneous

Hill Crafts of Darjeeling

Wood

Craft in Architecture

Craft Revival Trust

Wax, Batik

Batik on Textiles and Leather

Craft Revival Trust

Museums / Collections

Airline Playing Cards of the World

Gordhandas, Kishor N.

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

A Directional Study Towards Empowerment

Patel, Usha Nehru

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Credit Flow to the Handloom Sector

Kanitkar, Dr. Ajit

Sustainability / Sustainable Dev.

Aruvacode

Dastakari Haat Samiti

Micro-history / Art History

Craft Design and Public Awareness

McComb, Jessie F.

Micro-history / Art History

Examining the Aboriginal Art Centre Model

Wood, Sharmila

Micro-history / Art History

Development of Printing in Rajasthan

Gaur, Sonal

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.