748 research outputs found
On Reading and Writing: an Interview with Larissa Lai
No full textCultural activist, author and Creative Writing Professor Larissa Lai is interviewed by Spanish critic Sonia Villegas López
Women and sex work in Cambodia: Blood, sweat and tears
No full text© 2014 Larissa Sandy. All rights reserved. Prostitution is strongly embedded in local cultural practices in Cambodia. Based on extensive original research, this book explores the nature of prostitution in Cambodia, providing explanations of why the phenomenon is so widely tolerated. It outlines the background of the French colonial period, with its filles malades, considers the contemporary legal framework, and analyses the motivations for sex work, examining in particular how women become locked into debt bondage. Overall the book provides significant contributions to wider debates about sex work, sex trafficking and the constrained nature of women's choices
Larissa Lai reading for Campus Author 2011 Launch
No full textThe 2011 Campus Author Recognition Program was launched on March 16, 2011 with the help of Larissa Lai, award winning novelist and poet and Winter 2011 College of Arts Writer-in-Residence. She currently holds the position as Assistant Professor of Canadian English at the University of British Columbia.
Larissa read from her novel "Salt Fish Girl".
Introductions performed by Michael Ridley
The theory and practice of utopia in our troubled times : a conversation with author Larissa Lai and critic Sherryl Vint
No full textAmid current global crises, the international conference “The Knock at the Door: Utopian Dreams for Post-Covid Times,” jointly organized by the University of Huelva (Spain) and the University of Calgary (Canada) on May 21–24, 2023, at the University of Huelva, provided a forum for reflecting upon the role played by speculative fiction in (re)imagining better futures, while remaining vigilant to possible threats and dangers. The title of the conference, borrowed from philosopher John Rajchman,1 is intentionally ambiguous. Lying behind that door could be total liberation for all—or it could be secret police who lead us toward genocides, deportation, rapes, and mass graves. Taking this dichotomous trope, “the knock at the door,” as a point of departure, professors Larissa Lai (University of Toronto, Canada; recipient of a Maria Zambrano fellowship at the University of Huelva at the time of the interview) and Sherryl Vint (University of California Riverside, USA) engaged...Depto. de Estudios Ingleses: Lingüística y LiteraturaFac. de Ciencias Económicas y EmpresarialesTRUEpu
Sustainable mobility in the city of Larissa
No full textThis paper on sustainable mobility in the city of Larissa, Greece, is from the proceedings of 14th international Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, which was held in Malta in 2008. Larissa is a dynamic industrial, agricultural and cultural centre in the mainland of Greece with around 200,000 inhabitants. The author first briefly reviews the history of urban planning in Larissa, which began in the 1970s and since then has included a series of plans and studies that have been elaborated and implemented, all aiming at sustainable development, urban renaissance and sustainable mobility in the city center. Larissa uses a wide pedestrian network, as well as a less extended bike network, as an integral part of an infrastructure that connects the administrative center to the traditional, older part of the city and to the river shores zone. The author stresses that this infrastructure and framework has improved the quality of life and have had a direct positive impact on the physiognomy of the city. The author concludes with proposals of further sustainable mobility and urban transport policy for Larissa, discussing how these could be applied in towns of similar scale in the wider European area
Larissa trendien parissa : Taustatyö trendiennusteblogia varten
No full textOpinnäytetyössä tutustuttiin muotitrendien ennustamiseen, alan historiaan ja trendien ennustamisessa käytettyihin menetelmiin. Tavoitteena työssä oli syventää työn tekijän ammattitaitoa ja antaa muille trendien ennustamisesta kiinnostuneille muotoilualan opiskelijoille mahdollisuus tutustua työn kautta trendiennustealaan. Työ oli samalla myös taustatyötä tekijän perustamaa trendiennusteblogia varten.
Työssä käytiin läpi trendeihin ja muotiin liittyviä keskeisiä käsitteitä, ja pohdittiin pukuhistoriaan tutustumalla, mitkä tekijät ja yhteiskunnalliset muutokset vaikuttavat muotiin ja miten. Trendiennustetietoa ja työssä esiteltyjä ennustamiseen käytettyjä menetelmiä sovellettiin työssä tekemällä ennusteita sesongille kevät/ kesä 2014. Osoittaakseen ymmärtävänsä muotiin ja trendeihin liittyviä syy- ja seuraussuhteita, tekijä myös analysoi työssään tekemiään ennusteita ja pohti, miksi muoti on kehittymässä ennusteiden viitoittamaan suuntaan.
Työ antoi tekijälle perustiedot trendien ennustamisesta ja edellytykset jakaa ammattimaista trendiennustietoa blogin muodossa. Työstä oli siis merkittävä hyöty tekijän ammattitaidon kehittymisen ja työllistymismahdollisuuksien kannalta.This study explored the history of trend forecasting to identify the main research methods used in the field. The author aimed to deepen her personal knowledge in the field of fashion and to distribute the obtained knowledge to design students who are interested in trend forecasting.
The study focused on defining the concept of fashion and trends. The history of the 20th century fashion from the second world war to 1990s fashion is discussed in an attempt to explore the main factors that have an effect on fashion. Methods used in trend forecasting were applied to make trend forecasts for season spring/ summer 2014.
An analysis of forecasts were used to discover the underlying motives for trends. These analyses explored why trends are moving in certain directions and demonstrated the author’s perception of the main factors that influence fashion.
The study increased the author’s knowledge about trend forecasting and empowered the author with the requirements to apply the obtained knowledge to create realistic and professional fashion trend forecasts
Recherches nouvelles sur l'identification des volumes de la bibliothèque de Diderot
No full textLarissa L. Albina and Anthony R. Strugnell : New Research on the Identification of Diderot's Books.
Following earlier research begun by A. Wilson and V.S. Lioublinski, a new study of the volumes in the Leningrad Library from the foreign section of the Ermitage Imperial Library has made it possible to establish criteria for identifying those belonging to Diderot. These criteria concern the organisation of the library, the works referred to in Diderot's writings and marks in the books themselves (including on occasion a few notes or a dedication by the author to Diderot) . As a result, the authors have drawn up a list of about eighty volumes (including some previously listed as belonging to Voltaire's library) which can be more or less certainly identified as having belonged to Diderot.Albina Larissa L., Strugnell Anthony. Recherches nouvelles sur l'identification des volumes de la bibliothèque de Diderot. In: Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie, n°9, 1990. pp. 41-54
Sex Work, Migration, HIV and Trafficking: Chinese and other Migrant Sex Workers in Australia
No full textConstructing a diverse workforce: examining union and non-union construction apprenticeship programs and their outcomes for women and workers of color
No full textLarissa Petrucci, PHD, University of Oregon, Labor Education and Research Center.Title from PDF cover (viewed on December 6, 2021).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-33).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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