Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
His research on the effect of globalization on the Chinese local fabric has also given rise to a case-study on Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan ("L’Enclos à moutons", Les Indes savantes, 2007). This case-study was linked to an ongoing local developmental project led together with Professor Stevan Harrell, University of Washington, and a group of Yi scholars.