Aug. 12, 2024
Professor Carolyn Rouse, President-Elect of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), is leading an effort with the AAA to address issues anthropologically. Present Tense is an online forum of opinion essays tackling critical topical issues around the world. This forum is designed to address emergent events or ongoing social struggles through an anthropological lens. Each essay tackles issues in ways that are surprising, theoretically concise, and often times heartbreaking.