Although so much of the life we care about takes place at home, this private space often remains behind closed doors and is notoriously difficult for researchers to infiltrate.

Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology, University College London. Recent books include 'A Theory of Shopping', 'The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach' (with Don Slater) and Ed. 'Car Cultures'.

1 Behind Closed Doors, Part 1 Mobile Homes, 2 Aesthetics of Social Aspiration, 3 Organized Disorder: Moving Furniture in Norwegian Homes, 4 The Refurbishment of Memory, 5 The Taste of Home, Part II Estate Agency, 6 Possessions, 7 Home Sweet Home: Tangible Memories of an Uprooted Childhood, Part III Building Relationships, 8 Building Conjugal Relations: The Devotion to Houses amongst the Paiwan of Taiwan, 9 A Man will get Furnished: Wood and Domesticity in Urban Romania ,10 The 'Untidy' Japanese House