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Ramanatha, Iyer Sundara Rajan. "Social development in Kerala, India : illusion or reality? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17594376.
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Guillerme, Sylvie. "Pratiques agroforestières et stratégies paysannes au Kérala (Inde) : dynamique rurale en contexte de forte pression démographique." Paris 1, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999PA010692.
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À l'heure où s'établit un consensus sur la nécessité d'un développement durable, notamment en matière d'agriculture, l'attention doit être accordée aux systèmes agroforestiers qui répondent à bon nombre de critères de durabilité et apparaissent, pour bien des paysanneries dans le monde, comme une façon de résoudre, sur un espace confiné, les problèmes soulevés par une très forte pression démographique rurale. L'intérêt d'études concernant ce type de mise en valeur du sol apparait donc évident dans un etat comme le Kerala, où les très fortes densités de population (749 habitants par km, en moyenne) limitent les disponibilités en ressources. Au Kerala, la dispersion de l'habitat à favorisé la, pratique généralisée de l'agroforesterie, notamment dans les jardins familiaux caracterisés par une grande biodiversité, et qui représentent l'une des formes les plus élaborées des systèmes de culture fondés sur l'arbre. Dans cet état indien qui compte les plus petites exploitations du pays, ces systèmes sont associés à la riziculture et aux plantations, et occupent l'essentiel des terres que de nombreux ménages mettent en valeur. Or, malgré ses potentialités et le fait qu'elle soit pratiquée par l'ensemble de la population, l'agroforesterie reste très peu prise en compte dans les orientations des politiques agricoles au Kerala. La présente étude aborde les particularités de cet état, avant de s'intéresser aux caractéristiques des exploitations agricoles. Elle insiste sur la diversité de la paysannerie, de ses stratégies et de ses pratiques agricoles, en ne se limitant pas aux seuls systèmes agroforestiers mais les replacant dans le cadre plus large de l'exploitation dont elles font partie, et prenant également en considération les activités non agricoles.
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Neumann, Kerstin. "Mond, Gott Siva und heiliger Thomas die religiöse Gemeinschaft der Knanaya in Kerala /." [S.l. : s.n.], 1998. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962401145.
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Reshma, Padinjasseriyil Shaji, and Swatil Nandan. "Customs and traditions of Kerala (India)." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2019. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/77327.
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Kerala: Gods own country. Kerala is situated in the South of
India has its origin dating back to the early 10th century. As per the Hindu
mythology it is believed that Kerala was created by Parasurama, by
throwing his axe from GOKARN, near Karwar, Karnataka. The sea on the
direction of the axe moved out and a strip of land was formed. The diverse
culture of Kerala has its origin from the kings and legends who have ruled
over it. The stories of lords creating miracles, the richness of spices and the
melodies sung in the temples all paved a way for beautiful land of Gods.
Speaking about the traditions ruling over this state, the diversity is vast.
“Theyams thought be an artistic incarnation of god rules the northern
region of Kerala while boat races (known as vallam kalli) predominates the
south. Here are mentioned few of the infamous folklores of Kerala.
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Mullikottu, Veettil Mukundan. "The control of education: a multilevel analysis of continuity and change in two districts of Kerala, India." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31244634.
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Abe, Yoshio. "Les Rizières en polder du Kuttanad (Kérala - Inde du Sud-Ouest) : une étude d'ethno-génie rural." Paris, EHESS, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991EHES0035.
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La these est consacree a l'ethnographie du kuttanad (kerala - inde du sudouest) et en particulier a la description des techniques rizicoles envisagee d'un point de vue multi-disciplinaire, c'est-a-dire en considerant, pour chaque technique, les aspects ecologiques, agro-botaniques, sociaux, religieux, linguistiques et historiques, etc. Et leurs rapports mutuels. Le kuttanad est une region lagunaire, deltaique, marecageuse, au climat extremement pluvieux. L'exces d'eau y est constant. Pendant la saison seche, c'est de l'eau saumatre. Les rizieres en polder a caractere saisonnier qui y furent construites en font une region polderisee. En fait, les rizieres en polder sont l'element priviligie qui permet d'observer, decrire et comprendre efficament, dans son ensemble, le mode de vie des kuttanadiens, voire la civilisation du kerala. La polderisation est l'evenement crucial de l'histoire de la region. Elle fut d'ailleurs realisee par les paysans eux-memes, sans intervention gouvernementale. La densite demographique tres elevee de la region avoisinante. La grande consommation de riz des habitants, leur ingeniosite et leurs efforts incessants permirent la realisation de cette polderisation. La these aborde egalement le theme de la typologie des terres a riz, surtout rizieres, a savoir les terres a ris en eau, en asie et les caracteristiques de differentes societes rizicoles.
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Ramanatha, Iyer Sundara Rajan. "Social development in Kerala, India: illusionor reality?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214575.
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Rokka, Jaana. "Mänsklig säkerhet : Kvinnor i Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Indien." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-307134.
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The paper analyzes the concept of human security - freedom from fear, freedom from want and freedom to live in dignity - and it's political potential to respect human dignity. Is the concept (only) an academic philosophical challenge, or it is also directed towards mobilizing a political action that respect human dignity? The term 'security' has a mobilizing effect, which is why I chose to understand human security based on a slightly modified variant of Thierry Balzaq's securitization theory, which raises the question of how cases, in this case human dignity, is securitized. The analysis is made in the context Kerala's women live in. The analysis demonstrates that it is not possible to conclude that human security is a (successful) securitization of human dignity, only an attempt to securitize. Although the securitization theory can be improved, and thus show a successful securitization there is a reason to question the benefits of striving for a securitization of human dignity. The aim should rather be a humanizing security. Kerala's women in God's Own Country can have a better life situation and respect of their inherent human dignity.Uppsatsen analyserar begreppet mänsklig säkerhet - frihet från fruktan, frihet från nöd och frihet att leva ett liv i värdighet - och dess politiska potential att respektera mänsklig värdighet. Är begreppet (endast) en akademisk filosofisk utmaning, eller är den även inriktad på att mobilisera fram ett politiskt agerande som respekterar mänsklig värdighet? Termen 'säkerhet' har en inbyggd mobiliserande effekt, vilket gör att jag valt att förstå mänsklig säkerhet utifrån en lätt modifierad variant av Thierry Balzaqs säkerhetiseringsteori, som ställer sig frågan om hur företeelser, i detta fall mänsklig värdighet, säkerhetiseras. Analysen görs i den kontext som Keralas kvinnor lever i. Analysen påvisar att det inte går att finna att mänsklig säkerhet är en (lyckad) säkerhetisering av mänsklig värdighet, utan endast ett försök till säkerhetisering. Trots att säkerhetiseringsteorin kan förbättras, och därmed uppvisa en lyckad säkerhetisering finns det anledning att ifrågasätta nyttan med att sträva efter en säkerhetisering av mänsklig värdighet. Målet bör snarare vara en humanisering av säkerhet. Keralas kvinnor i God's Own Country kan få en bättre livssituation och en respekt för vår inneboende mänsklig värdighet.
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Koduveliparambil, Jacob Joseph. "Construction practices in traditional dwellings of Kerala, India." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0005/MQ37246.pdf.
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Fall, Pontus. "Politiskt deltagande hos Kanistammen i Kerala : en fallstudie /." Thesis, Huddinge : Södertörn University College. School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:15742/FULLTEXT01.
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Dejouhanet, Lucie. "« Unclear Occupation » la filière des plantes ayurvédiques : Paradoxes et limites de la gestion publique des ressources forestières au Kérala (Inde)." Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100009.
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Au niveau international, la protection de la biodiversité et la valorisation des médecines traditionnelles sont devenues des enjeux environnementaux et sociaux essentiels ; dans le cadre de la réflexion sur les services écosystémiques, la cueillette des produits forestiers non ligneux est perçue comme un moyen de développement des populations dans les pays du Sud. Au Kérala (Inde), la croissance de la production industrielle de médicaments ayurvédiques interroge les modes de gestion des ressources forestières, dont sont majoritairement issues les matières premières médicales. Dans cet État, connu pour son modèle de développement social, a été mise en place une filière intégrée et administrée de commercialisation des produits forestiers non ligneux, qui relie cueilleurs adivasi ayant le monopole de l’activité d’extraction de ces produits, et industries pharmaceutiques. Imposant une approche linéaire de l’approvisionnement de ces dernières, cette filière exclut du système une grande partie des acteurs engagés dans la commercialisation des produits, rendant illégale leur activité. Le système coopératif public offre une garantie de prix et de débouchés aux cueilleurs autorisés, remplissant son objectif social, mais il manque de compétitivité sur un marché dominé par le secteur privé. Celui-ci, non reconnu par l’État, organise l’activité, étend ses réseaux et crée autant de filières parallèles, dont l’opacité et la taille creusent le fossé entre industries et cueilleurs, interrogeant la durabilité économique et écologique du secteur. À travers l’analyse critique des étapes de la filière, ce travail met en évidence les contradictions dans la gestion publique des espaces forestiers, entre protection de la forêt et de ses habitants et production de ressources. La gestion participative cherchant à impliquer les populations forestières dans la protection de leur environnement, complexifie encore les relations de pouvoir et les enjeux de contrôle dans ces espacesBiodiversity protection and valorization of traditional medicines have become major environmental and social issues at the international level. While an ecosystemic service approach is being widely developed, the collection of non-wood forest products is seen as an opportunity for supporting the development of local populations in Southern countries. In Kerala (South India), the industrial production growth of ayurvedic medicines challenges the management of forest resources, from which the majority of medical raw material are extracted. In this State, known for its model of social development, an administered and integrated channel for the marketing of non-wood forest products has been implemented. It links adivasi collectors who have the official monopoly on the extraction of these products, with pharmaceutical industries. As it enforces a linear approach on their supplying, this channel excludes most stakeholders involved in the marketing of these products from the system, making their activity illegal. The public cooperative system offers price guarantees and market openings to authorized collectors – thus fulfilling its social role –, but lacks competitivity on a market, which is dominated by the private sector. The latter is not recognized by the State but it organises the activity, extends its networks and creates many parallel channels: the opacity and size of which widen the gap between industry and collectors, questioning the economic and ecologic sustainability of the sector. Through a critical analysis of the structure of the channel, this thesis highlights the contradictions in the public management of forest areas, split between protection of forest and its inhabitants and production of resources. The participative management tries to involve forest populations in the protection of their environment but in doing so, it complexifies even more power relationships and control issues in these areas
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McCabe, Louise Frances Mary. "Policy transfer and policy translation : day care for people with dementia in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21547.
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This thesis explores and explains the development of day care for people with dementia in Kerala, India. The development process is framed within the context of social globalisation. The central aim of the thesis is to further build theory on how and why social policy from one context is transferred and utilised in the development of social policy in another. The theoretical constructs of policy transfer and policy translation are used to explore the development process. Policy transfer is an existing concept within policy and politics literature. Theory on the concept of policy translation is built up within the thesis using theories of literary translation. Exploration of these processes provides an explanation of the development of day care. Policy transfer and policy translation are found to take place between the UK and Kerala. Policy ideas and information from the UK are transferred and then used within the implementation of day care in Kerala. A two-part research design explores firstly policy transfer and then policy translation. Policy transfer is examined within an analytical framework developed from existing models of policy transfer. Policy translation is investigated through a comparative analysis of day care for people with dementia between the UK and Kerala. The differences between day care in the two contexts represent the changes caused by the processes of policy transfer and policy translation. The main findings of the thesis are that policy transfer and policy translation have taken place within the development of day care in Kerala. The two concepts are found to complement each other. The theoretical construct of policy translation provides additional detail and clarity on the process of policy development to that provided by policy transfer. Policy transfer and policy translation can be described as mechanisms by which social globalisation is taking place and in turn globalisation promotes these processes. The thesis concludes that the theoretical constructs of policy transfer and policy translation as developed here could be used within other research to explore the processes of globalisation.
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Davis, Donald R. "The boundaries of law : tradition, 'custom, ' and politics in late medieval Kerala /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Menon, P. Balakrishna. "Matriliny and domestic morphology : a study of the Nair tarawads of Malabar." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0023/MQ50688.pdf.
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Cairó, i. Céspedes Gemma. "Estat i desenvolupament econòmic: el model de Kerala (India)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/2572.
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El tema central de la tesi es l'estudi del model de Kerala en relació al paradigma del desenvolupament humà i des d'una perspectiva interdisciplinària. El model redistributiu de Kerala presenta un elevat desenvolupament social a la vegada que, especialment en els últims anys, són creixents les dificultats que el model presenta en termes sostenibilitat donat el trade-off entre creixement i distribució que el mateix presenta. En aquest treball s'estudia la vinculació del model de Kerala amb la naturalesa de l'Estat keralita i amb els trets de la seva societat. Per això el repte teòric que aquí es planteja és el paper de l'Estat en la seva relació amb el procés d'acumulació de capital en el marc d'un país subdesenvolupat com es l'Índia -i en particular de Kerala-, i com l'Estat ha estat influenciat pels diferents interessos econòmics i "no econòmics" presents a la societat. En l'estudi de l'Estat capitalista en els països subdesenvolupats cal incloure nous factors que defineixen la realitat d'aquella societat i que influeixen en la dinàmica i el funcionament de l'Estat, nous factors que no deixen de ser resultat de la coexistència d'elements arrelats en la societat tradicional i de noves institucions fruit de la modernització lligada a la penetració capitalista. La interrelació entre els beneficis econòmics i socials distribuïts per l'Estat -capaç de desenvolupar un grau d'autonomia respecte els interessos de les classes dominants- i l'elevada fragmentació de la societat i del poder fruit de l'organització i articulació de diferents grups socials, és el factor que aquesta tesi apunta com a explicatiu del model de desenvolupament. El cas de Kerala ens mostra l'especificitat d'un model on els vincles Estat-societat han quedat configurats per l'acció col.lectiva organitzada i el paper redistributiu de l'Estat en el marc d'una realitat social concreta -explicada tant per les estructures productives com per les de dominació- que s'ha anat transformant. El model de Kerala ha significat un canvi fonamental en l'esfera de la distribució encara que ha deixat inalterable la de producció, motiu pel qual la sostenibilitat de l'estatratègia comença a posar-se en qüestionament i es planteja el paper de l'Estat en la seva funció de creixement econòmic. El model de Kerala planteja importants qüestions en base a la consecució d'un major nivell de desenvolupament humà del països pobres d'acord amb les pròpies especificitats del món en desenvolupament. La tesi queda organitzada en dues grans parts. A la primera s'exposa el context global indi en que queda emmarcada la tesi analitzant principalment l'estratègia de desenvolupament indi arrel de la independència amb objectius modernitzadors i limitada pels diferents interessos econòmics i condicionants polítics, els trets de l'economia agrícola emfatitzant els impediments al desenvolupament de la reforma agrària, la política econòmica desenvolupada pels diferents governs, la naturalesa de l'Estat indi com a Estat capitalista perifèric i la persistència de la identitat de casta en la societat índia com a element de dominació i de divisió de classe. A la segona part passa a analitzar-se el model de Kerala on després d'una breu introducció sobre les característiques geogràfiques, culturals i polítiques de l'estat, s'estudia la caracterització del model de Kerala basat en un elevat desenvolupament humà i en l'estancament econòmic. Seguidament s'analitzaran els diferents factors que han conduït a l'únic i particular model de desenvolupament que ha seguit Kerala, centrant-nos en l'organització dels diferents grups socials -a nivell de casta i de classe- i l'articulació de les seves demandes així com en el paper que ha jugat l'Estat en l'aplicació de mesures redistributives i igualitàries. A mode de conclusió es fa un repàs dels diferents capítols, exposant-se les principals conclusions a que s'ha arribat al llarg de la investigació.
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Nichter, M., S. Padmajam, M. Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, G. K. Mini, V. C. Bindu, A. S. Pradeepkumar, and K. R. Thankappan. "Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India." BioMed Central Ltd, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610301.
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BACKGROUND: Results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Kerala, India found that 42 % of adults were exposed to second hand smoke (SHS) inside the home. Formative research carried out in rural Kerala suggests that exposure may be much higher. Numerous studies have called for research and intervention on SHS exposure among women and children as an important component of maternal and child health activities. METHODS: Community-based participatory research was carried out in Kerala. First, a survey was conducted to assess prevalence of SHS exposure in households. Next, a proof of concept study was conducted to develop and test the feasibility of a community-wide smoke free homes initiative. Educational materials were developed and pretested in focus groups. After feasibility was established, pilot studies were implemented in two other communities. Post intervention, surveys were conducted as a means of assessing changes in community support. RESULTS: At baseline, between 70 and 80 % of male smokers regularly smoked inside the home. Over 80 % of women had asked their husband not to do so. Most women felt powerless to change their husband's behavior. When women were asked about supporting a smoke free homes intervention, 88 % expressed support for the idea, but many expressed doubt that their husbands would comply. Educational meetings were held to discuss the harms of second hand smoke. Community leaders signed a declaration that their community was part of the smoke free homes initiative. Six months post intervention a survey was conducted in these communities; between 34 and 59 % of men who smoked no longer smoked in their home. CONCLUSIONS: The smoke free homes initiative is based on the principle of collective efficacy. Recognizing the difficulty for individual women to effect change in their household, the movement establishes a smoke free community mandate. Based on evaluation data from two pilot studies, we can project that between a 30 and 60 % reduction of smoking in the home may be achieved, the effect size determined by how well the smoke free home steps are implemented, the characteristics of the community, and the motivation of community level facilitators.
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Gath, Alexander David Hanson. "Varieties of pilgrimage experience : religious journeying in Central Kerala." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/15803.
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The thesis concerns pilgrimages undertaken by members of both Christian and Hindu communities in Central Kerala, especially in the Emakulam area. "Community pilgrimages" undertaken by Syrian Orthodox ("Jacobite") Christians are discussed in detail. These are shown to be occasions for expressing the identity and interests of Jacobites in the context of a long-running dispute which has divided Orthodox Christians in Kerala. For Jacobites, pilgrimage makes a statement about loyalty to their Patriarch and about rights of access to disputed sites. These occasions are distinguished from other pilgrimages, especially one to a famous Catholic site, which maintain broad, cross-community appeal. Parallel examples of Hindu pilgrimages of both types are described. In addition, the thesis emphasises the value of attending to experiential aspects of the pilgrimage journey. Descriptions of the pilgrimages, together with comments on the general character of experience for participants, are supplemented by personal accounts provided by individual pilgrims. A phenomenological approach is taken in order to understand the themes which emerge, in particular processes of learning and change undergone by participants.
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Osella, Filippo. "Caste, class, power and social mobility in Kerala, India." Thesis, Online version, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.282594.
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Anand, Prathivadi B. "Violence and urbanisation: The Kerala-Bihar paradox and beyond." University of Bradford. Department of Development and Economic Studies, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3542.
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YesAbstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the alleged association between urbanisation and violence and to take some preliminary steps towards an exploration of the role of trust in improving urban governance and thus reduce violence. In this paper, violence is interpreted broadly to include both active or direct violence but also passive and social violence in terms of lack of voice, and as a symptom of governance failure. The paper includes a cross section analysis based on data for some 123 countries and an in-depth case study of India. I will also examine what may be termed as the Kerala-Bihar paradox. Kerala is well-known for its achievements in human development and according to India human development report of 2001, Kerala is ranked 1 on human development indicators while Bihar is among the states lagging behind in terms of human development. However, state level analysis of crime suggests that Kerala is more criminalised than Bihar. In examining this paradox, some inferences are drawn on the role of trust in improving accountable governance and how this may result in reducing violent crime. Some issues for further research are identified.
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Abraham, Jose 1970. "Modernity, Islamic reform, and the Mappilas of Kerala : the contributions of Vakkom Moulavi (1873-1932)." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115598.
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The socio-economic and political changes effected in Kerala by the British and colonial discourse at the beginning of the twentieth century challenged traditional structures of power. This eventually resulted in social mobility within various communities which, as a result, embraced modernity and began to pursue modern education. However, Mappila Muslims' long-standing tradition of struggle against colonial powers and their hatred of British rule had led them to resist the modernization process and consequently become more socially and educationally backward than other communities in Kerala. It was in this context that Vakkom Muhammad Abdul Khadir Moulavi (1873-1932), who is acknowledged as the "father" of the Muslim socio-religious reform movement in Kerala, undertook to persuade Mappilas to embrace various aspects of modernity, especially modern education. Based mainly on primary sources written in Malayalam, this pioneering study argues that Vakkom Moulavi's thought was largely shaped by the colonial discourse on modernity. It shows how he reinterpreted Islamic principles and Muslim history using the framework of the rational, secular, universal humanism of the European Enlightenment. One result of this was that his reinterpretation precluded the possibility of understanding Islam as discursive tradition, which in turn reified Islam and negated the potential vibrancy of Islamic societies. At the same time his championing of modern education as a means to modernization eventually tore traditional Muslim education from its historical and cultural roots. The study also demonstrates that, because he saw the state is a key agent in the modernization process, he was keen to educate people about their rights and responsibilities. In sum, this analysis of Vakkom Moulavi's career demonstrates that, in order to understand the intellectual framework and activities of modern socio-religious reform movements, these latter need to be studied in the light of colonial discourse on modernity.
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Baak, Paul Erik. "Plantation production and political power : plantation development in South-west India in a long-term historical perspective, 1743-1963." Delhi ; Calcutta ; Chennai [etc.] : Oxford university press, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb375300224.
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Karottu, Velayudhan Achary Syamprasad. "Oppression, marginalisation and education in Kerala : in dialogue with Freire." Thesis, University of Winchester, 2016. http://repository.winchester.ac.uk/338/.
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The primary aim of this research is to develop my own critical perspective on oppression, marginalisation and education in Kerala, India. First, it critiques Freire’s educational thoughts including banking and problem-posing education; second, it goes on to extend Freire’s ideas to develop a dialogical methodology in the field of Education while addressing my fieldwork struggles and dialogues. Third, it addresses how Freire’s educational thoughts can also be critically understood to explore the oppressive and marginalizing nature of non-formal education and community work in Kerala; fourth, this thesis contributes to innovative knowledge mainly at theoretical, methodological and empirical levels.
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Gangappa, Rajkumar. "Investigation of the biological properties of Kerala red rain cells." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.581435.
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This PhD research project was designed to provide further information about the biological properties of red cells found in the rains that fell for three months from July 2001 during the monsoon season in Kerala, Southern India. The studies involved using a variety of staining methodologies as well as spectroscopic and microscopic analyses. The red rain cells display an exceptionally thick, multilayered cell wall and contain high concentrations of UV absorbing components. The cells often live in clumps forming a bio- film rich in silicon, most of which is readily precipitated in the outer layers of their thick cell wall. These properties may suggest that the cells can survive in multiple extreme environments. DAPI staining method demonstrating the presence of DNA in these cells contradicted earlier work by Louis and Kumar (2006) that the red cells were devoid of DNA. The positive detection of DNA was only possible if the red cells were pre-treated with DMSO prior to DAPI staining. The DMSO treated cells showed no structural damage, but instead released the red compounds. This solvent thus seemed to affect the binding of the red compounds to the outer layers, but not the structural integrity of the cells. Additional data indicated that the red rain cells are possible hyperthermophiles. The data provided in the current study tentatively suggests that the red cells are unusual prokaryotes of hyperthermophilic nature.
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Gründ, Françoise. "Teyyam du Kerala, Tchiloli de Sao Tomé : une approche ethnoscénologique." Paris 8, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996PA081233.
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L'etude se developpe a partir de deux formes spectaculaires ; l'une de l'inde, l'autre de l'ile africaine de sao tome. Le teyyam met en scene la metamorphose d'un chamane en une des divinites primordiales du kerala. Archaique, cette religion dramatique s'exprime par des danses, des musiques, des textes parles en malayalan et un maquillage rituel : ensemble de psychotropes destines a provoquer l'extase de l'acteur-chamane. Le tchiloli est une forme theatrale, musicale, dansee, en portugais ancien et moderne, jouee par des pecheurs et des cultivateurs africains, a des dates precises. Ne au 16eme siecle, le tchiloli est une imitation par les esclaves et les metis, d'un des episodes du cycle de charlemagne. La seule piece du repertoire "la tragedie du marquis de mantoue et de l'empereur charlemagne" presente une interessante esthetique anachronique. En realite, le tchiloli recouvre une ceremonie de funerailles. Le teyyam comme le tchiloli, etudies tant selon un processus ethnoscenologique que sous l'aspect de la translation de sa forme de son milieu originel sur une scene francaise, revelent une motivation et une technique dramatique similaires : la gestion de la peur et l'utilisation du simulacreThe study is based on two forms of performance ; one from india and the other from the african island of sao tome. The teyyam is a staging of the metamorphosis of a shaman into one of the primordial deities of kerala. Using ritual make-up, this archaic religious drama is expressed through dance, music and texts spoken in malayalan ; together, these psychotropes are intended to send the shaman-actor in ecstasy. The tchiloli is a combinatiom of theatrical, musical and dance form in ancient and modern portuguese performed by african fishermen and farmers on specific dates. The tchiloli originated in the 16th century as an imitation by slaves and people of mixed decent of one of the episodes from the charlemagne cycle. The only play "the tragedy of the marquis de mantua and emperor charlemagne" provides an interesting aesthetic anachronism. In fact behind the tchiloli lies a funeral ceremony. The teyyam as well as the tchiloli, studied both from the point of view of ethnoscenology and the translation of their forms and original background to a french stage, reveal a motivation and similar dramatic techniques : the management of fear and the use of fallacy
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Kennedy, Loraine. "Articulation des espaces de développement en Inde : les industries traditionelles au Kérala." Paris, EHESS, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994EHES0044.
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Cette these pose le probleme du choix et de la mise en oeuvre des politiques de developpement dans une structure decisionnelle a plusieurs niveaux. Elle vise a comprendre la maniere dont les differents "espaces" politiques et socioculturels en inde s'articulent dans la planification et a evaluer le degre d'autonomie que permet le cadre institutionnel aux decideurs locaux. La problematique est appliquee a un terrain delimite, l'etat du kerala, et sur ce terrain a deux exemples particuliers, les industries "traditionnelles" du coir (fibre de la noix de coco) et du tissage manuel du coton. Le but est d'analyser sur la base d'un cas concret les differents modes d'articulation entre acteurs et institutions, et de degager les facteurs principaux qui les conditionnent. A partir d'une analyse critique de la litterature les principaux elements du systeme federal indien sont introduits dans la premiere partie, notamment les relations politiques, economiques et financieres entre le gouvernement central et les etats federes. Dans la deuxieme partie, nous presentons le contexte regional : l'etat du kerala et son experience unique de developpement socio-economique. Les industries traditionnelles sont abordees dans les deux dernieres parties. Y sont analyses les politiques et programmes elabores par le gouvernement central et le kerala pour developper ces activites. Les enquetes de terrain revelent des differences d'approche importantes en depit de positions communes au niveau du discours politiqu e, differences qui relevent de facteurs ideologiques et electoraux. Les divers modes d'articulation qui sont degages, produits d'institutions formelles et de processus informels, laissent entrevoir un certain espace d'autonomie au niveau de l'etat federe, autonomie contingente cependant de l'assise sociale du gouvernement localThe focus of this thesis is on multi-level planning in the indian federal system. Its aim is to analyze the ways in which different decision-making bodies at the central and state government levels interact with each other and to evaluate the autonomy of the local level to define and carry out its goals for socio-economic development. The research is conducted on the basis of a case study of keraka state, known for its exceptional achievements in the field of education and health and for its political dissidence. Within this case we concentrate on two specific "traditional" industries, the manufacture of coir (coconut fiber) and cotton handloom weavin g, in order to analyze concretely the different types of interconnection between the "development spaces" and to identify the principal factors that determine, them. In part one, based on a critical analysis of the literature, the major issues regarding centre-state relations in india are discussed. The salient features of kerala and an outline of i ts unique development experience are presented in the second part. The case studies are treated in the last two parts, starting with a comparative analysis of the development policies evolved by the central and state governments. In spite of the affirmation of common objectives - in political discourse and plan documents - the analyses from the fiedlwork re veal significant differences in their respective approaches. The different modes of interconnection that we observe, which are shaped by both formal institutions and informal political processes, suggest that the state level does possess a certain degree of autonomy, an autonomy which is contingent however on the strength of the ties between the society and the government at the local level
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Veluthat, Kesavan. "The political structure of early medieval South India /." [New Delhi] : Orient Longman, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb358198528.
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Kerala, Varma Vipin [Verfasser]. "Critical, statistical, and thermodynamical properties of lattice models / Vipin Kerala Varma." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1045276502/34.
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Carothers, George Joseph. "Neoliberalism under the radar : IT parks as exceptional spaces in Kerala." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709373.
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McKee, Gary Robert. "Benjamin Bailey and the CMS in the ecclesiastical development of Kerala." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22177/.
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It was in 1816 that Benjamin Bailey arrived in Kerala as part of the ‘Mission of Help’ to the ancient Syrian Christian Church of that state. These Christians trace their heritage back to the labours of the Apostle Thomas and are therefore also known as Thomas Christians. The Mission of Help had as its main goal the reformation and revival of this ancient Christian Church. The CMS did not wish, they claimed, to establish the Anglican Church in Kerala. The thesis appraises this Mission of Help and why the Syrian Christians ultimately brought it to an end in 1836. Firstly, theological differences between the Anglican Evangelicals of the CMS and the Oriental Orthodox Syrian Christians are assessed. It is argued that these differences were seriously underestimated by Bailey and his colleagues. Secondly, the Mission of Help was politicised through the influence of the East India Company Resident of Travancore Col. John Munro who desired to see the Syrians brought into the Anglican Church. Munro believed such an ecclesiastical union would also foster deeper political ties in an era of nascent colonialism. The thesis will also look at the legacies of the Mission of Help subsequent to 1836 in the development of Anglicanism in Kerala and reform movements within the Syrian Church. It will be argued that indigenous movements also help to explain some of the developments which took place and Bailey cannot therefore be wholly praised or blamed for these occurrences. In conclusion, some lessons will be drawn from this episode for contemporary debates about mission and empire, mission and ecclesiology and the nature and scope of mission.
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Brush, Shayla. "Political Participation Contrasted in India: A Contextual Comparison Between Kerala and Biha." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20327.
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State processes and programs are often constructed and implemented with the intention to ameliorate the lives of the inhabitants living within those borders. However, in order for citizens to benefit from these programs and processes, for example, anti-poverty programs and decentralization projects, their participation is a necessity. But societal contexts in which citizen participation occurs vary to great extents. It is important then to investigate these differences so as to further our understanding of the workings of participation. This research conducts a comparative analysis between two states in India, Kerala and Bihar, of contextual factors impacting participation. It shows that both trust in the state as well as formal education affect the level of participation of the population. This research engages with and attempts to add to the literature of participatory development by analyzing and explaining some of the impact that context has on participation of inhabitants.
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Busby, Cecilia Jane. "Gender, exchange and person in a fishing community in Kerala, South India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2451/.
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This thesis sets out to explore the nature of gender relations in a fishing community in South India. Among the Mukkuvar of Kerala, sea fishing in small artisanal craft is carried out by men, while women take responsibility for selling fish in the markets, and control household finances. Women are particularly prominent in dealing with credit, essential to a fishing economy where incomes fluctuate daily, and are also involved in day to day exchanges of fish, money, childcare and small gifts which link households, especially those related through women, in a web of interdependency. The thesis looks at how transactions and exchange between people are understood in terms of gender. The strict sexual division of labour within this fishing economy leads to a series of gendered exchanges within the household between husband and wife, of fish, money, food, labour and sex. There is here an unusual emphasis on the husband wife relationship, which is an important site of demonstration and constitution of gender difference, but which is also the site of merging of the different potentialities represented by women and men into one productive and reproductive unit. Gendered opposition is seen as leading to interdependence and complementarity, an understanding vividly expressed in the idea that husband and wife are said to be two halves of the whole, and to become "one body". This idea of gender opposition and complementarity seen in exchange is found also in the understanding of relatedness which I argue underlies the kinship system. Here people are related through both women and men, but differently, so that the difference gender makes in tracing relatedness can be seen to give rise to the Dravidian kinship terminology and the associated practice of cross cousin marriage. At the heart of Mukkuvar ideas of both exchange and relatedness lies an understanding of gender difference which is categorical, and focused on ideas of substance and bodily difference, which in turn is seen to give rise to different potentials for transaction and performance.
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Uchiyamada, Yasushi. "Sacred grove (Kaavu) : ancestral land of landless agricultural labourers' in Kerala, India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283506.
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Ransley, Jessica. "The backwater boats of Kerala : identity, place and the world of Munruthuruthu." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/361340/.
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Chemana, Martine. "Derision et devotion dans la tradition dramatique du kerala - inde du sud." Paris, EPHE, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997EPHE4030.
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Cette etude s'est donnee pour but de presenter la tradition dramatique du kerala, temoignage unique et vivant de la tradition classique indienne du theatre. Les genres dramatiques foisonnent dans cette region du sudouest de l'inde, veritable conservatoire de diverses traditions dont les plus anciennes remontent au moins au xe siecle de notre ere. Les cinq genres choisis dans cette etude sont le sanghakkali, le cakyar kuttu, le kutiyattam, le kathakali et le tullal. Ils ont ete etudies dans leur contexte de mise en oeuvre ces vingt dernieres annees. Le corpus des differents repertoires, tant les textes ecrits que les textes improvise>> et la pratique des techniques de jeu, les enquetes aupres des maitres, des pandits et publics connaisseurs, des publics generaux, sont les principales sources l'axe de la problematique gravite autour de la paire derision/devotion ou comique/sacre a la fois dans les ressorts du jeu et dans la reception des publics, traits saillants a partir desquels l'origine et l'histoire des differents genres se caracterisent au kerala. La methodologie adaptee est, en premiere partie, de poser le << decor >> socio-culturel et religieux dans lequel ces formes dramatiques se sont developpees. Un va-et-vient constant doit s'operer entre theatre et societe, mythe et theatre, mythe et societe dans lequel le double eclairage de l'humour et de la ferveur apparait recurrent et revelateur a plusieurs titres. La bhakti ou devotion, amour mystique, est le fondement des arts traditionnels indiens. Il s'agit d'un sentiment ou rasa mais aussi d'une voie de salut, doctrine repandue dans l'hindouisme et qui jaillit en deux mouvements importants, le premier vers le viiixe siecle, dans le sud, et le second a partir du xvie siecle. Les valeurs religieuses sont glorifiees a travers ces deux mouvements de bhakti qui marquent tous les arts de l'inde, la litterature, la poesie, la musique, l'architecture. La deuxieme partie du travail se divise en trois enquetes: la premiere a trait aux ressorts explicites de la derision et de la devotion employes dans la triple expression verbale jouee et suggeree, avec tout ce qu'elle implique de personnages archetypiques, d'usages, de conventions, de rituels et de libertes. L'analyse de la fonction de la formation et de la transmission est le versant implicite de cette meme enquete. La deuxieme enquete retrace autant que faire se pe
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Rao, Madhuri Madhava. "The architecture of Laurie Baker in Kerala, India : space, experience and meaning." Kansas State University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36080.
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Thankappan, K. R., G. K. Mini, Meena Daivadanam, G. Vijayakumar, P. S. Sarma, and Mark Nichter. "Smoking cessation among diabetes patients: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial in Kerala, India." BioMed Central, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610095.
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BACKGROUND:India has the second largest diabetic population (61 million) and tobacco users (275 million) in the world. Data on smoking cessation among diabetic patients are limited in low and middle income countries. The objective of the study was to document the effectiveness of diabetic specific smoking cessation counseling by a non-doctor health professional in addition to a cessation advice to quit, delivered by doctors.METHODS:In our parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we selected 224 adult diabetes patients aged 18 years or older who smoked in the last month, from two diabetes clinics in South India. Using a computer generated random sequence with block size fourthe patients were randomized equally into intervention-1 and intervention-2 groups. Patients in both groups were asked and advised to quit smoking by a doctor and distributed diabetes specific education materials. The intervention-2 group received an additional diabetes specific 30 minutes counseling session using the 5As (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange), and 5 Rs (Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks and Repetition) from a non-doctor health professional. Follow up data were available for 87.5% of patients at six months. The Quit Tobacco International Project is supported by a grant from the Fogarty International Centre of the US National Institutes of Health (RO1TW005969-01).The primary outcomes were quit rate (seven day smoking abstinence) and harm reduction (reduction of the number of cigarettes / bidis smoked per day > 50% of baseline use) at six months.RESULTS:In the intention to treat analysis, the odds for quitting was 8.4 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.1-17.1] for intervention-2 group compared to intervention-1 group. Even among high level smokers the odds of quitting was similar. The odds of harm reduction was 1.9 (CI: 0.8-4.1) for intervention-2 group compared to intervention-1 group.CONCLUSIONS:The value addition of culturally sensitive diabetic specific cessation counseling sessions delivered by non-doctor health professional was an impressive and efficacious way of preventing smoking related diabetic complications.TRIAL REGISTRATION:Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2012/01/002327)
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Kaimal, Kiren G. "Light: Journey of a Lifetime." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2008. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/709.
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This thesis covers the lessons I've learned throughout film school and how I have applied them towards the making of my thesis film, the 12-minute narrative short, Light, shot on digital video. Every aspect of the filmmaking process is covered including my education at UNO and its application to my thesis. Areas covered include the writing process, pre-production, production, and post-production. The one area that is omitted is distribution, something that was not taught at UNO and something that I am in the process of doing. Keywords: Film Production MFA Short Film India Kerala
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Dubos, Anne. "Quelle voix pour le théâtre ? : fabrication des corps et des identités : pour une étude du mouvement dans les théâtres contemporains au Kérala (Inde du Sud)." Paris, EHESS, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013EHES0521.
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La complexité de la construction de l'objet "théâtre contemporain au Kerala" relève du fait que d'une troupe à l'autre, les metteurs en scène font usage des éléments traditionnels ou conteporains selon des modalités différentes. D'où ma question initiale: quelle voix pour quel théâtre? qui parle à travers quel corps? Alors que nombreux sont désormais les festivals ou événements qui réunissent praticiens ou amateurs de théâtre, dont la pratique s'assume aujourd'hui comme contemporaine, c'est toute la tension entre la pratique des arts traditionnels et celle des arts contemporains qui s'exprime à travers la politique culturelle locale (Tarabout, 1997). A travers le discours des spécialistes, assiste-t-on à une entreprise de légitimation culturelle ou à l'émergence d'une genre artistique nouveau? Car une fois les notions de "tradition" et d' "authenticité" posées en relation dialectique à celles de "modernité" et de "globalisation", les revendications des praticiens du théâtre contemporain peuvent, soit relever d'une quête de nouvelles valeurs ou référence culturelle, soit s'inscrire en droite ligne d'un discours identitaire. Sur la base de trois monographies comparatives, à partir du travail de trois groupes, j'ai cherché à entrer dans le coeur du problème de la transmission des traditions gestuelles à travers les différentes traditions dramartugiques du Kérala. Apercevoir les nouvelles pratiques théâtrales comme des "arts de faire" décrits par le travail de Certeau, me permet d'entrevoir les arts de la scène comme une mise en pratique de l'art narratif, où la construction de soi se fait par un discours, qui n'est pas essentiellement verbal mais se constitues également par des signes matériels (techniques du corps; scénographie, musique. . . )Performing arts are an integral part of Malayalee culture and malayalee identity. Nearly all of the existing study is focused on classical and folk forms, such as Kathakali and Theyyam, however there is a serious gap in our understanding of contemporary theater in Kerala. Contemporary theater can be thought as a kind of "hybrid cultural product", existing between traditional and modern forms; it refers both to the Natyashastra, as well as the modern contributions of figures such as Grotowski and Stanislavski. This research aims to trace new theatrical practices and scenographic techniques that have developed from the interplay of local "native" theater and contemporary performance aesthetics. To get an overview of contemporary malayalee productions, the fieldwork examined several theatre groups, by way of participatory observation, including: Lokadharmi in Cochin, Sopanam and Abhinaya in Trivandrum, and the Thrissur School of Drama. The differences in the motivations of these groups (regarding issues such as caste, class and gender) illustrate new paradigms that are at the core of local discourse on culture. Is there an invention of tradition? In this vein, we examine the dynamism of local cultural production and consumption. Since the way one moves can inscribe one's identity, we have to examine the elaboration of a body language. The body will be questioned, first, as the simple body of the performer. The extensive video and photographic work, while serving to document the production of the theatre groups, also became the source of some participatory experimentation. For example, the video projects allowed the performers to experiment with their own image and, in turn, integrate these creations into the scenographic design. The reflexive use of image taking made for a unique exchange of ideas between observer and performer
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Jose, Babu. "Dental caries and oral hygiene practices of children and caregivers in Kerala, India." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31954224.
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Ohlsson, Therese. "Kvinnors livssituation i de indiska delstaterna Kerala och Punjab : - en jämförande deskriptiv studie." Thesis, Linköping University, Centre for Gender Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-12154.
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Uppsatsen är en jämförande studie av kvinnors livsvillkor och förmåga att undkomma fattigdom i de två indiska delstaterna Kerala och Punjab. Båda delstaterna har höjt den allmänna levnadsstandarden i befolkningen men haft olika framgång i att få dessa att tillkomma kvinnor. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka dels kvinnors livsvillkor och dels vilka faktorer som påverkar dessa i delstaterna. Metoden har bestått av kvalitativ textanalys. Vidare har statistik från UNDP använts. Studiens teoretiska referensram består av teorier om fattigdom och mänsklig utveckling av Amartya Sen och Martha Nussbaum, samt postkolonial feministisk teori av Chandra Mohanty. Uppsatsens slutsatser är att kvinnors livssituation i de två delstaterna beror till stor del på faktorer som distrikt, ort, klass, kast, stam, religiös tillhörighet, ordning i syskonskaran, samt position i familjen. Men det finns även regionala skillnader som påverkar kvinnors livsvillkor. I Punjab finns bl.a. en stark sonpreferens och flera patriarkala traditioner medan Kerala har tidigare matrilinjära traditioner samt ett starkt socialt skyddsnät. Vidare har delstaterna något olika politiskt fokus, olika traditioner och inställning till utbildning, olika traditioner kring kvinnors politiska organisering samt olika traditioner och sedvänjor gällande kvinnors position och frihet inom familjen som kan sägas gynna kvinnor i Kerala. Sammantaget kan sägas att kvinnors förmåga att undkomma fattigdom är något större i Kerala än i Punjab.
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Larsson, Lidén Lisbeth. "Democracy grassroots movements and rural development : case studies from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kerala /." Uppsala : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2000. http://epsilon.slu.se/avh/2000/91-576-5770-X.pdf.
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Kunze, Isabelle [Verfasser]. "The social organisation of land use change in Kerala, South India / Isabelle Kunze." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2016. http://d-nb.info/1122041535/34.
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Kumar, B. G. "Poverty and public policy : Government intervention and levels of living in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384695.
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Gangadharan, Asha. "Paradoxes of agricultural transformation : changing gender roles and power relations in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7459.
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This research examines the paradoxes of agricultural transformation of national and Indian and local (Kerala) in the post-reform period of economic liberalisation since 1990 in Kerala, India. The research was conducted in four locations in Kerala - Ambalavayal and Thomatchal (composite village) in the highland region, Thathamangalam in the midland region, Karamuck in the lowland region and Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. It employs a mixed methodological approach and takes a postructuralist feminist stance focussing on women’s differences. It addresses current gaps in the literature on women’s informal agricultural and key issues of space, differences and power relations and makes a contribution to gender, development and globalisation debates in South Asia. The research reveals that women have generally borne the brunt of agricultural transformation and the impact on their farm roles has been paradoxical in terms of their inclusion and exclusion. However, these impacts vary across different geographical locations of highland, midland and lowland and for women of different caste and ethnicity groups, although marginalised low caste remain particularly affected. Changes to farm roles have been paralleled by shifting gender power relations at the household scale, which varied for women of different age groups. Old and middle-aged women have experienced a reversal in gender equalities whilst young women are withdrawing into domesticity and have limited economic empowerment, despite gaining considerable social empowerment. This reveals a paradoxical situation of (some) women becoming socially empowered alongside their inability to bargain on the farm and within the household. In particular, the research identifies a shift from caste to class-based alliances of ‘Sanskritisation’. These debates of crisis of development and paradoxes of women’s empowerment in Kerala have much to contribute to general debates about gender and development elsewhere.
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Wilson, Caroline H. "The commodification of health care in Kerala, South India : science, consumerism and markets." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2371/.
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In India, alongside Information Technology, health care has become a leading sector in the country‘s development as a 'knowledge economy' (World Bank 2005). One of the major achievements and beacons of economic reform is the growth of some of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. This thesis examines the social processes shaping the expansion of the private health care system in the state of Kerala, South India, where large corporate hospitals and 'super-speciality' medicine have spread throughout urban and many rural areas. It explores the intersections between the local and the global, as the health system becomes the major driver of industrial development, unevenly linking the local health care system to the global marketplace for technologies, health care professionals and patients. It examines the three faces of the health care system in Kerala - as a knowledge industry and route to social mobility for the middle classes, in particular doctors and nurses; secondly, as a consumer economy, as people prioritise spending on health care and shop for treatment in the urban marketplace; and finally as a moral economy, as people develop high levels of dependency on doctors, hospitals and technologies in the hope of receiving good health care. The ethnography is set in Malabar, Northern Kerala, where the expansion of private health care has been financed by remittances from migration to the Arabian Gulf countries. The thesis examines the influence of migration and economic reforms on local ecologies of health and health care; the impact of the globalisation of trade in health services in the developing world; the relationship between the private health care system and the middle classes in South Asia; and the role of markets in the delivery of health services. Based on 18 months of participant observation across the urban and rural health care market with local communities of doctors and patients, it examines how doctors and patients adjust to a changing ecology and economy of health care.
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Buckley, Thea Anandam. ""In the spicèd Indian air by night" : performing Shakespeare's Macbeth in Postmillennial Kerala." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7148/.
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This thesis examines the twenty-first-century intercultural performance of Shakespeare in Kerala, India. The thesis highlights Shakespeare’s function in invigorating local performing arts traditions that navigate tensions between paradigms of former feudalism, post-Independence democracy and capitalist globalisation. Throughout, individual artistic perspectives in interview illustrate local productions of \(Macbeth\) for indigenous Keralan performing art forms, ranging from the two-thousand-year old kutiyattam to contemporary postmodern Malayalam-language drama. My introduction contextualises these hybrid productions in their global, national, and local historiography, exploring intersections of the sacred, supernatural, and secular; postmodernism and rasa theory; intercultural Shakespeares and Keralan performing arts; and Shakespearean works with Indian literary and theatrical traditions from the colonial to the postmillennial era. Chapter One highlights cultural translation, focusing on kutiyattam artist Margi Madhu’s 2011 \(Macbeth\); Chapter Two discusses cultural collaboration, studying kathakali artist Ettumanoor P. Kannan’s \(Macbeth\) \(Cholliyattam\), 2013; Chapter Three considers cultural fusion, profiling Abhinaya Theatre’s experimental local-language production of \(Macbeth\), 2011. In closing, the thesis underscores the importance of giving a voice to Keralan theatre artists on Shakespeare, recognising the hitherto critically unexamined potential for the meeting point of two great dramatic cultural traditions as a forum, underpinned by residual colonial and Communist legacies, for intercultural discourse.
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Martin, Paul J. (Paul John) 1972. "Looking beyond decentralization : local institutional innovations for rural water supply in Kerala, India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68373.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-100).
With deterioration and neglect of large, centrally planned rural water schemes, alternative institutional arrangements for rural water management have focused on devolution of authority for decision making, design and operations to local governments. The aims of this reform are, in part, to increase the responsiveness of rural water providers to customers' demand preferences, as well as to increase transparency of operations, in order to reduce corruption. An in-depth analysis of three devolved rural water schemes 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 for incorporating beneficiaries in decision making processes, thus providing better demand information to the provider and creating incentives for the provider to respond to this information. Monitoring of local service providers must be a concerted effort of many different sources, including users as well as external bodies, in order to provide a credible deterrent to misconduct.
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Jacob, V. K. "Communist movement in Kerala." Thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/3400.
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George, Leena. "The ginger economy of Kerala." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/3267.
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Aziz, Abdul M. "Rise of muslims in Kerala politics." Thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/6154.
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