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PAPERS: Shaping Health Futures Location: 50 George Square, G.03 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/george-square-50 Session Chair: Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva, University of Brasilia Session Chair: Sara M Goldchmit, University of Sao Paulo | |
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Uncovering the Health Impacts of Extreme Temperatures in Western United States Prisons through Interdisciplinary Architectural and Epidemiological Methods 1: University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Environmental Design; 2: University of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Internal Medicine; 3: University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Environmental Studies; 4: Free World Mass incarceration is a public health and architectural crisis in the United States. Extreme temperatures present mental and physical health challenges for incarcerated populations, exacerbated by the architectural strategies of carceral spaces. At the intersection of architecture and epidemiology we investigated how participants could leverage architectural drawings to analyze the inhumane temperatures they experienced in state prisons. Through interviews and focus groups with formerly incarcerated people, we found that the method of participatory architectural drawing allowed participants and researchers to spatialize the impact of extreme temperatures on mental and physical health as mediated by architectural space. Through a collaboration between public health, design, and sociology researchers we showcase how this method makes visible carceral experiences and builds reciprocity with researchers through the co-creation of architecture drawings. These findings are intended to support generation of policies and practices that mitigate mental and physical harm from extreme temperatures in carceral settings. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.2627
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