Vanderbilt Anthropology Faculty Report Featured in ‘Nashville Scene’ Cover Story
The Scene, a newspaper covering local news, politics, arts, music, and food featured a cover story that highlights a report written by several Anthropology faculty. The report titled, “Beyond Temperature: A Cultural Contexts Approach to Heat and Health” was published by Vanderbilt Cultural Contexts of Health Initiative, and authored by Edward Fischer, Ashley Carse, Tatiana Paz Lemus, T.S. Harvey, Breana Thompson-Guy, Sophia Koss,and Yuzhou Zhang.
The Scene’s article discusses the report’s findings about social factors that impact how hotter temperatures are experienced by different Nashvillians. Dr. Ashley Carse, a cultural anthropologist and co-author of the report is quoted at some length.