Melting Metropolis and colleagues will be presenting different research methodologies to interrogate everyday experiences of urban heat at the World Congress of Environmental History. The panel (listed below) will share how diverse interdisciplinary research methods are helping to formulate new perspectives on changing urban environments in an age of climate breakdown.
Dr Chris Pearson - Welcome to Melting Metropolis
Dr Kara Schlichting - New York City’s Urban Heat Island, 1860-1940
Chloe Duteil - We get accustomed to the heat: experiences of and responses to the heat in Paris
Dr Jon Winder - Heating up: Reflections on an environmental oral history project in London
Robert Gioielli - Time and “heat waves”
Michelle Mart - Cooling the city: The spread of air conditioning in mid-20th century United States
Bryony Ella - Drawing Heat: A creative, sensory guided walk exploring the melting metropolis.