Introduction to Presence Tense: Moving Collectively Into a New History

This introductory essay introduces the themes of the gathering at the 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry that gave rise to this special issue, and frames the ten contributed articles with four intersecting themes related to autoethnographic inquiry: autoethnography as making space , embodied futurity , intergenerational responsibility, and resistance.

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International Review of Qualitative Research
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2026-01-20
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https://doi.org/10.1177/19408447251411602
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Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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Introduction to Presence Tense: Moving Collectively Into a New History

Elissa Foster, Durell M. Callier, Dominique C. Hill, Marcelo Diversi
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Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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Introduction to Presence Tense: Moving Collectively Into a New History

Elissa Foster, Durell M. Callier, Dominique C. Hill, Marcelo Diversi
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Abstract

This introductory essay introduces the themes of the gathering at the 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry that gave rise to this special issue, and frames the ten contributed articles with four intersecting themes related to autoethnographic inquiry: autoethnography as making space , embodied futurity , intergenerational responsibility, and resistance.

International Review of Qualitative Research
DePaul University (US), Washington State University Vancouver (US), Colgate University (US), University of Delaware (US)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 85%
Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
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