Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous books, including Ethnicity and Nationalism, A History of Anthropology, Small Places, Large Issues and Tyranny of the Moment, all available from Pluto Press. Simone Abram is Lecturer at the Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield. Ulf Hannerz is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm. Keith Hart is Senior Research Fellow at the Arkleton Centre for Rural Development Research, University of Aberdeen. Signe Howell is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Christian Krohn-Hansen is Senior Lecturer of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Marianne Lien is Senior Lecturer of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Sarah Lund is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Marit Melhuus is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Daniel Miller is Professor of Material Culture, University College London. Knut Nustad is Senior Lecturer of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Karen Fog Olwig is Reader of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Don Slater is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London.