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

Metal

Forged Hollow Metal Utensils

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Carving of Uttar Pradesh

Craft Revival Trust

Stone

Stone Carving of Chattisgarh

Textiles, Weaving, Spinning, Khadi

Baluchari of West Bengal

Craft Revival Trust

Metal

Bidri/Inlay on Metal

Craft Revival Trust

Museums, Collections

Mural Painting at Raghurajpur

INTACH

Cultural, Creative Industries

A Hundred Charmers in Concert

Dutt, Bahar

Sustainability, Sustainable Devt.

A Designer in Development

Tyabji, Laila

Op-Ed

A Love Letter to the Vibe of India

Sunny and Meeta

Micro-history, Art History

Danke-ka-kaam of Udaipur, Rajasthan

Sethi, Ritu

Reviews

Book Review

Dhamija, Jasleen

Skilling, Training, Professional Devt.

Accounting for Craft in Development

Jongeward, Carolyn

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.