Julia Huang, a postgraduate student from the Department of Anthropology.
Hasan, a Dzhungar-Mountain nomad, jokingly speaks through an archaeology camp's "PVC Phone." Borders between lifestyles oversimplified as "traditional" and "modern" are questioned when Hasan—who herds goats, horses, and cows—teasingly offers his sleek Samsung mobile to the foreign archaeologists who have only a pretend plastic-tubing communication device. Despite challenges in translating irony, humor is often the foundation for the successful cross-border exchange of ideas and innovations.