Journal Archive

The Global InCh Journal has over 700+ essays that have been uploaded from 1999 onwards. Their listing is in the section on All Readings

This archive lists Journal issues uploaded only after 2019.

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By Design: Sustaining Culture in Local Environments

Edited by Dr. Eiluned Edwards this special edition has a collection of essays that emerged from an India-UK International Partnership funded by the British Academy

The Poetics and Politics of Indian Folk and Tribal Art

Edited by Minhazz Majumdar these essays go beyond art objects by examining contexts of creation and the maker’s creativity to build a deeper understanding of the subject.

Guest Editor: Judy Frater

The essays in this issue examine educational paradigms where traditional oral learning and apprenticeships have been deepened and extended through the layering-on of formal educational for artisans.

Guest Editor: Meeta Mastani

With a focus on hand block-printed textiles the 13 essays and one video in this edition approach this vast subject from differing angles, bringing in a new perspective to an ancient craft.

Two sections form this issue.

Section I: Guest Editor: Pooja Ratnakar

Teaching Craft Heritage in Schools: Guest Edited by Pooja Ratnakar the 7 sharply focussed essays discuss aspects of the topic.

Section II: General interest views and essays for our readers.

This issue includes essays that focus on a range of themes from cultural and creative industries, historiography, fashion, sustainable futures, endangered traditions and revival to notes from the field In India and from Argentina

Fibres Matter.

Guest Editor: Juhi Pandey and Dr. Ritu Sethi

This issue includes essays and notes from the field. Focussing on aspects from cultural and creative industry, historiography, fashion, sustainable futures, regeneration of endangered practices, innovation and more...

This issue of Global InCH Journal, the first in a series, delves into its archives to bring together scholarly essays, field notes, and expert insights, celebrating traditional crafts, textiles, and art expressions from India and across the globe. Topics range from textile histories and embroidery traditions to folk arts, costume evolution, and rare forgotten practices. With contributions from distinguished authors and experts, this issue explores the intersections of history, innovation, and heritage

The second archival volume in the Global InCH Journal series continues its explorations by assembling a rich compendium of scholarly essays, field observations, and expert reflections. Celebrating the enduring legacies and evolving expressions of historical textile narratives, traditional crafts, and artistic practices from India and around the world. Featuring contributions by leading scholars and practitioners, the Journal serves as a critical archival repository and a tribute to the creative ingenuity embedded in material culture.

Fibres Matter: Part II

Building on the wealth of fibre diversity explored in earlier editions, this volume of Fibres Matter, follows on from Issue 42: Part 1 Summer 2023.

The present issue brings together essays and field notes that illuminate a wide spectrum of concerns, from the cultural and creative industries to questions of historiography, from fashion to sustainable futures, from the regeneration of endangered practices to the possibilities of innovation.

Collectively, they underscore the enduring significance of fibre as the seed and root of practice and as a site of renewal.