Professor and Chair of Anthropology Dru Gladney joins us this week on the Sagecast. Growing up in the city of Pomona, one might not expect the long journey it took for Gladney to end up at Pomona College. Gladney talks his upbringing, his travels to China, and the start of his teaching career in Hawaii. Gladney specializes in the peoples, cultures and politics along the ancient and modern Silk Road—in particular, issues of globalization and transnationalism in China and its close neighbors. Over the last few years, he has engaged in a large comparative survey of nomadic families in Western China, bolstered by in-depth fieldwork with nomadic Kazakhs in the Altai Mountains bordering China and Mongolia.
Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest
Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC
Produced by: Jeff Hing
Editorial Assistant: Sophie Schnell '22
Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-drugladney-031820.txt.txt
Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/GJQ2S2rYr4Y
