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The first introductory guide to explore both biological and cultural approaches to the study of humanity, from the origin of our species, to traits that we all share, to the vast range of our sacred rites and rituals. Hendry and Underdown bring anthropology to life with case studies, explaining why witchcraft was so feared in colonial Salem but embraced in Sudan and elsewhere and what our relationship with mobile phones (and even the bathroom) tells us about ourselves. Joy Hendry is Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University in the UK and is author of Sharing Our Worlds: A

Felavai, interweaving indigeneity and anthropology : the era of indigenising anthropology / Tēvita O. Ka'ili -- Mpambo Afrikan multiversity, dialogue and building bridges across worldviews, cultures and languages / Paulo Wangoola -- The Ainu in the ethnographic triad : from the described to the describer / Takami Kuwayama -- On the relations between anthropology and minority studies in China : historical development and cultural changes / Bateer Chen -- Verrier Elwin's tribal world and the tribal view of Elwin's world / Ganesh Devy -- India's Adivasis (indigenous/tribal peoples) and anthropological heritage / Daniel J. Rycroft -- Social anthropology, nativeness and Basque studies / Kepa Fernández de Larrinoa -- Indigenous science and sustainable community development / Gregory A. Cajete -- Traditional knowledge and Western science / F. David Peat -- Negotiating contradictory information in Chinese medicine practice / Trina Ward -- On knowing and not knowing : the many valuations of Piaroa indigenous knowledge / Serena Heckler -- Building the new Nairobi Museum : perspectives on post-colonialism in an African national museum sector / Hassan Wario Arero -- Post-colonial or pre-colonial : indigenous values and repatriation / Cara Krmpotich -- The diaspora and the return : history and memory in Cape York Peninsula, Australia / Marcia Langton -- Material bridges: objects, museums and new indigeneity in the Caribbean / Wayne Modest -- Uncovering the sensory experience / Rebecca Kiddle -- Moko Māori : an understanding of pain / Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- Sounding out indigenous knowledge in Okinawa / Rupert Cox and Kozo Hiramatsu -- Cultures, senses and the design of public space / Ian Bentley, Lam Lei Bonnie Kwok and Regina Mapua Lim -- Culture and the built environment : involving anthropology and indigenous/native studies for creating better places / Regina Mapua Lim -- Indigenous scholars and writing through narratives and storying for healing and bridging / Laara Fitznor.