Tabla de Contenidos: “…Making Byrrh a Brand in the Colonial Maghreb -- Branding Wine in Morocco: New Efforts to Qualify a Contested Commodity -- From City to Society: Alcohol Advertising in Lebanon -- False Fakes, Fictitious Fashion, and the Liberation of Logos: On the Islamisation of International Brands -- Dubai Gold and Diamonds: Tracing Dubai’s Influence on the South Indian State of Kerala -- The Branding of Dubai as the Capital of the Islamic Economy -- Islamic Ideals, the Concept of Love, and Processes of Individualisation: Muṣṭafā Ḥusnī’s Writings and his Spiritual Brand -- Queer Brands, Branding Queerness: Fractal Orientalism and Selling Gay-Friendly Beirut -- Part III: State Branding -- Sinan’s Iconic Practices: Staging Early Modern Ottoman Architecture and Power -- Branding the United Arab Emirates as Nation Building? …”

“…Sulaiman, que era originario de Kerala (India), pudo profundizar en el Corán, el libro sagrado para los musulmanes y su guía de vida, hasta comprenderlo plenamente. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Institutions, political systems and their design -- Principles for institutional and system design -- Design trends in national, regional and local governance -- Visionary localism: the case of India and Kerala -- 7 Local outcomes -- Policy evaluation and achieving public value -- Towards a local outcomes framework -- Evaluating local outcomes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly -- Evaluating localism: Area Assessment in the UK and Cornwall, 2009-2010 -- 8 Localism and political systems in the twenty-first century -- The argument so far -- The twenty-first-century design context -- Designing political systems -- In conclusion: ten propositions -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The case study of Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy) -- chapter New ornaments’ influence on the character of modern cities -- part, History and arts -- chapter Arabian urban text art: Between cultural identity and artistic identity -- chapter The remaining houses of the two pearl merchants Ahmed Munawar Rifai and Hussein Bin Yahiya Rifai in the Farasan Islands in the 14th century AH/20th century AD: A study of aesthetic and artistic values -- part, City as an organism -- part, Architecture -- chapter Architecture of the 21st century museum as a catalytic phenomenon in the evolving cultural identity of a city -- chapter Conserving historical areas through the roles of main cities: Urban identity in the era of globalisation -- chapter Entrance gateway of Kerala temples: Assessing the form of a Kerala temple gopuram through material and construction -- chapter Expression of cultural identity in the contemporary urban built form of Kathmandu -- chapter Reimagining city identity through safe and sustainable public environments -- chapter Smart grids, smart cities, interior spaces and human behaviour: An interactive development process -- part, History and arts -- chapter Identity in transformation of rural Egyptian villages -- chapter Metaphysics and identity in architecture: Peter Eisenman’s Wexner Center for the Arts as case study -- chapter Immersing the landscape in its music: The case of iso-polyphony in South Albania -- chapter The changing image of Istanbul through its monuments (1923–1973) -- chapter The cumulative effect of an interdisciplinary project -- chapter Unearthing the spatial archetypes of two indigenous South Asian cities: The walled city of Old Delhi and Old Dhaka -- part, Planning and approaching the city…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A tentative biography of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars -- The name -- Maṟavars and warriors -- Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and Kerala -- A tentative chronology of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars -- The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar women -- 2. …”

“…The cycle of resistance strengthened by the World Social Forum and transnational activism is now punctuated by the experience of the Arab Spring, the agency of anti-systemic movements, left think tanks, the Occupy Wall Street Movement, labour unions, left parties in Europe such as Syriza and Podemos and peoples' budgeting in Kerala, India. On the down side, we are witnessing the waning of the Workers Party in Brazil and serious challenges for South Africa's once powerful labour movement and still formative social justice activism. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Challenging Capitalist Patriarchy and Negotiating for Women Worker Rights: Exploring the 'Right to Sit' Movement in Kerala (Anila Backer) -- 6. Digital Leisure and Aspirational Work among Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant Women in Brazil (Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, Julia Camargo, Payal Arora, Amanda Alencar, John Warnes, and Erika Pérez) -- Vision -- 1. …”

“…In the South Indian state of Kerala, otherwise known for its labour-centric development initiatives, the Tamil speaking Dalit workforce, whose ance stors were brought to the plantations in the 19th century, are at the forefront of this crisis, which has profound impacts on their social identity and economic wellbeing. …”

“…In the South Indian state of Kerala, otherwise known for its labour-centric development initiatives, the Tamil speaking Dalit workforce, whose ance stors were brought to the plantations in the 19th century, are at the forefront of this crisis, which has profound impacts on their social identity and economic wellbeing. …”

“…Johan van der Keuken filma en India, en Kerala, diversas situaciones de enseñanza o aprendizaje: las clases de una escuela de baile, de canto, de artes marciales, una escuela védica, una escena de teatro. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Thomas Christians of Kerala / Thattunkal Zachariah -- Les Actes de Thomas: la date de composition et les structures du texte / Jiphy Francis Mekkattukulam -- L'ornementation des tombes de Xuzhou / François-Régis Moreau -- Un miroir divin rendant grâce à la Vierge Marie? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Conclusion -- End Notes -- References -- Transcript A: Transcript for Snoop Doggy Dog -- Transcript B: Groovoidz News Segment Anchored by Blue and I-V-O-R-Y, 15 December 2000 -- Chapter 10: Desire in the Diaspora: Gender, Memory and Nostalgia in British South Asian Cinema -- References -- Chapter 11: In Print, On the Net: Tamil Literary Canon in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds -- Canon(s): Pre-Colonial and Colonial -- Canons in Tamil Nadu and Eelam: The Chasm -- Conclusion -- End Note -- References -- Chapter 12: Pennuezhuthu: 'Women's Writing' and the Politics of Gender in Contemporary Kerala -- Pennuezhuthu: A Local Debate -- Women's Writing and the Women's Movement: Some Questions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: 'Swords into Shovels': Some North American and Indian Media Responses to the South Asian Earthquake -- Indo-Pak Peace -- Building Safety Standards for the Future -- Role of the US in Disasters -- Media Coverage of Disasters -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Editors and the Contributors -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 11.3 The Chinese Famine and the Indian Contrast; 11.4 Chinese Economic Reforms: Opulence and Support; 11.5 China, India and Kerala; 12 Experiences of Direct Support; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Sri Lanka; 12.3 Chile; 12.4 Costa Rica; 12.5 Concluding Remarks; Part IV: Hunger and Public Action; 13 The Economy, the State and the Public; 13.1 Against the Current?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 18: Modes of Overcoming Social Exclusion Through Education: Analysis of Two Accounts from Pre- and Post-Independence India -- Learning from Labour -- Learning to Labour: The Exclusion of Labour in Learning -- Observations -- The Children of Labouring Parents -- The Teachers at School -- Selected Curricular Themes in Relation to Child Labour -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19: Paradigm of Education for Social Transformation: Role of Open University System in Creating Culture-based Social Developmental Education -- Rationale and Context -- The Present Education System -- The State Policy -- Failure to Evolve Quality Education for All -- Education for Sustainable Development -- The Role of the State in Education: The Class-Versus-Mass Approach -- The Role of the State in Education: The Dilemma Between Private-Versus-Public Institutions -- The Search for an Indian Developmental Education Model -- The Approach -- A Model of Social Developmental Education -- The Constructivist Pedagogy of Education -- Situated Learning and Situated Development -- Developmental Education: Linking Education with Production and Marketing -- Connected Society -- Social Mobilization and Empowerment -- Society Organizational Units: The Parivar and the Community -- The Community -- Resource-based Developmental Education -- The Global Model -- The Mass-personalized Locality Model -- The Third Model of Development -- Social Goals -- Social Capital and Social Credit -- Social Capital and Social Credit Development -- Values and Valuation: A Scale -- Economy with Sustainability: Scale Between Social Service and Selfishness -- Social Business Companies -- Marketing Development -- The Need for Social Business Companies -- Kerala Open University Model: Cooperative and Non-competitive -- Acknowledgements -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.13.2 Peer-to-Peer Networks (P2P) -- 1.14 Blockchain-Based Distributed Control Systems -- 1.14.1 Control System -- 1.14.1.1 To Handle Complicated Processes -- 1.14.1.2 Pre-Defined Function Blocks -- 1.14.1.3 Scalable Platform -- 1.15 Blockchain for Distributed System Security -- 1.15.1 Fault-Tolerant Consensus in a Distributed System -- 1.15.2 Complications while Using Blockchain for Distributed Computing -- 1.16 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- Chapter 2 Decentralized System in Education and Research -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 History of Decentralization in the Education System -- 2.3 Advantages and Challenges of Decentralization of the Education System -- 2.3.1 Advantages -- 2.3.2 Challenges -- 2.4 Impact of Decentralization in Education and Research -- 2.5 Current Approaches -- 2.5.1 World Scenario -- 2.5.1.1 Finland Education System -- 2.5.1.2 Brazil, Federal Universities -- 2.5.1.3 The United States, National Science Foundation -- 2.5.1.4 Mexico, CONACYT -- 2.5.2 Indian Scenario -- 2.5.2.1 Kerala Model of Decentralization Implementation in Education and Research -- 2.6 Development Trend Towards Education and Research -- 2.7 Future Scope and Recommendations -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Architecture of Blockchain-Enabled Decentralized Systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 What is a Decentralized System? …”

“…Il présente également cinq études de cas particulièrement éclairantes portant sur la Bolivie, la Côte d’Ivoire, l'Etat du Kerala en Inde, la Malaisie et l'Ouganda…”

“…Ello se pone de manifiesto en: las danzas de Kathakali de Kerala; el trabajo del músico vietnamita Trân van Khê; los conciertos Zaj; la actuación de Diego el del Gastor, o la de los hermanos Arze con la autóctona txalaparta. …”