ASIA

29 Ongoing Projects

2 September 2025

As Gods come to Play: Preserving the Legacy of the Endangered Dashavatara Cards of Bishnupur

2 September 2025

The Dung Corrals of the Ak-Say Valley, Kyrgyz Republic

2 September 2025

Etchings from the Land: Traditional Ink-Making Practices in Sikkim

2 September 2025

Traditional Image-Casting in Thailand

2 September 2025

Traditional Construction Systems and Indigenous Materials in the Pir Panjal Region of the Lower Himalayas

12 August 2025

The Reeds Kingdom: Documenting Iraq’s Marshland Communities and their Endangered Practices

12 August 2025

Securing Cosmic Balance in an Uncertain World: Documenting Asmat Longhouse (Jee) Construction in Papua, Indonesia

12 August 2025

Documentation of the endangered material knowledge system of Tolögu (Nias sword) from Bawömataluo village in South Nias, Indonesia

4 August 2025

From Earth to Inhabited Space: Life Cycle of Mud Plastering in the Tribal Agricultural Landscape of Jharkhand

3 September 2024

Kathputli ka khel: Preserving the soul of Kathputli through documentation of its material culture and practices

2 September 2024

Nomadic conical tent among reindeer herders of Mongolia: documenting skin tanning, birch bark crafting and construction of dwelling

2 September 2024

In Search of Bithooras: Documenting the making and unmaking of decorated cow-dung fuel stores in the villages of south Delhi.

2 September 2024

Preserving Endangered Traditional Bamboo and Wooden Watermill of Minangkabau Culture Through Participatory Documentation Project

2 September 2024

Preserving the Past: Documenting Endangered Knowledge of Traditional Mongolian Wooden Cradles for Nomadic Infants

2 September 2024

Documenting the craft of creating floating dwellings in the socio-ecological landscape of Kashmir Valley, India

2 September 2024

Documenting Material Knowledge of Brass Adornments of the Ilongot (Bugkalot) of Northeastern Luzon, Philippines

22 August 2023

Documenting the Endangered ‘Pet Uno’, ‘Canang Ceureukeh’, and ‘Alee Tunjang’ as Indigenous Forest and Agriculture Rituals in Aceh, Indonesia

22 August 2023

Documenting the social and geographical dimensions of the endangered art and practice of making hand-made deep artesian wells and shallow percolation wells in the Thar Desert, India

22 August 2023

Palm Weaving: A Coptic Living Heritage Under-threat

22 August 2023

Making Masks for the Nava Durga Dance in Nepal: the annual process from sourcing clay to cremation

22 August 2023

Documentation of Soga Emas rattan utilisation within Dayak Bidayuh Jagoi traditional agriculture system

22 August 2023

Documenting endangered material knowledge of making and playing Jahla in Hormozgan, south of Iran

12 August 2022

Dreams of yellow: Documenting the making and performance of Nuosu oil-cloth umbrellas

12 August 2022

Becoming Kacalisian: Documenting the Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Techniques of Slate Houses in Southern Taiwan

12 August 2022

Colours from the Sea, Fibres from the Land: Warp Ikat Textile Production and Natural Dyeing of the Alurung, Alor Regency, Indonesia

12 August 2022

Rediscovering Linangkit: The Traditional Hand Needleweaving of Women from Sabah, Malaysia

15 October 2021

Indonesian Boatbuilding Endangered Knowledge Project

15 October 2021

Nomadic Material Heritage: Documenting Textile and Animal Hide Crafts in Western Mongolia

15 October 2021

“Bo Lobung”: Documenting the Moken Spirit Poles Ceremony and Material Knowledge

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