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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Kerala"”.
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Brand Kerala: Commodification of Open Source Ayurveda
… recent emergence of global ayurvedic tourism in Kerala, India. The objective was to understand how commodification, both old and new, have affected knowledges and livelihoods of actors constituting the ayurvedic commodity chain, with a focus on `social lives' of ayurvedic pharmaceuticals and …
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Kerala y Neuquén: dos oasis de desarrollo humano
… el cual se inscriben los dos casos de estudio, Kerala y Neuquén. A su vez, en el documento analizaré los elementos comunes de la política social llevada a cabo en ambas regiones, para lograr la reducción de la mortalidad infantil a una tasa y ritmo diferenciado del contexto geográfico, en sus …
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Investigating flood susceptibility and vulnerability through geospatial techniques in Kerala State, India
… were to determine the land use/cover changes in Kerala State over the last 45 years, model flood susceptibility for the years 1973, 2001 and 2018 and finally determine flood vulnerability in Kerala for the year 2018. These objectives were achieved through Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. Image …
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Looking beyond decentralization : local institutional innovations for rural water supply in Kerala, India
… under the People's Plan policy framework in Kerala, India provides evidence to suggest that achieving greater responsiveness and transparency is a result of more complex institutional arrangements that are neither purely devolved nor purely central. Localizing decision making holds promise …
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Seeing the State with Transgender People: Gender, Caste, and Neoliberal Development in Kerala, India
… identity and state power in contemporary Kerala, a southwestern state of India. It asks what trans-queer people can tell us about the changing shape of postcolonial developmentalist governance and the welfare state in the late-capitalist era. In the past decade, Indian LGBTQIA+ politics …
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Jews and Mappilas of Kerala: A study of their history and selected song traditions
… Jews and Mappila Muslims on the Malabar coast of Kerala, India. These two communities arose out of transoceanic migrations and interactions over the longue durée, and in reconstructing their past, this work aims to uncover traces of their links to each other and to others across the seas. This is …
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Exploring and Re-envisioning the Significance of Agrarian Consciousness in Theology with Specific Reference to Kerala
… of globalization has influenced the present Kerala community. The monocultural systems of globalization have influenced the community which has led the Kerala society into a commodified society. The commodification of agriculture and food has influenced the patterns of relationships in the …
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The Factors Influencing the Role of Teachers in Imparting Leadership Skills in Jesuit Schools in Kerala, India
… fostering leadership skills in Jesuit schools in Kerala, India. Rooted in Ignatian pedagogy, Jesuit education emphasizes holistic formation, academic rigor, and social responsibility, aiming at cultivating leaders who are ethical, socially conscious, and capable of addressing complex societal …
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A qualitative study to critically explore the socio-ecological determinants influencing screening mammography uptake amongst Kerala migrant womenin the United Arab Emirates
… the most common type of cancer among females in Kerala (India) and is diagnosed at advanced stages of the disease. Keralite women residing in Kerala are less likely to undergo screening and more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in its advanced stages. Social, cultural, and ecological …
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Acculturation, Parental Control, and Adjustment among Asian Indian Women
… to the United States, from the Indian state of Kerala. Data from 73 participants indicate second-generation immigrants report poorer psychological adjustment than do their counterparts. Additionally, regression analyses reveal discomfort towards Kerala culture significantly predicts depressive …
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Family caring in HIV/AIDS : experiences, coping and mental health
… with HIV/AIDS in two contexts of development - Kerala and Scotland. Although the study was primarily qualitative in nature, it incorporated some quantitative methodology in order to connect the findings to existing literature on stress, coping, and mental health. In-depth interviews were …
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Contradictory discourses, state ideology and policy interpretation: A feminist evaluation of the Reproductive and Child Health Programme (RCH) in Kerala, India
… with key officials in charge of the programme in Kerala. The analysis seeks to explore the discursive manifestation of the neo-liberal/market ideology, particularly in the way that users of public health care are positioned in the programme, and the state’s broader ideology regarding gender and …
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Rise of regions after reforms : late development strategies for the software industry in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala in India
… since the mid 1990s, while the third state (Kerala) has lagged behind. I argue that the success of these states in establishing a technologically sophisticated industry within a short time is based on four critical factors: availability of adequate skilled labor and specialized …
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Rainfall trends in India and their impact on soil erosion and land management
… their changes for the six gridded regions of Kerala, the extreme south western state of India where monsoon rainfall initiates every year. This was also done for two study sites, namely Bhoj wetland area of west central India and Sukinda chromite mining site of central north east India. …
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Democracy and the Politics of Social Citizenship in India
… in the developing world: the Indian states of Kerala and West Bengal. Despite a host of similar background conditions (democratic framework, programmatic political parties, strong labor unions, and a high degree of subordinate-class integration), the cases display considerable variation in …
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Light: Journey of a Lifetime
… Keywords: Film Production MFA Short Film India Kerala
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