Social Distancing or Physical Distancing-Shared Meanings
This Vlog unpacks one cultural concept every time, puts a spotlight on a festival or a cultural group to share insights and at the end gives a cultural round up of cultural happenings in these times.
Dr. Fouzia Saeed, in this vlog, explains the concept of “shared meanings” of words used across cultures. While explaining the term “social distancing” and comparing it to the term “physical distancing” she says that the term social distancing is being widely used in the context of COVID-19 to emphasise the need to maintain “physical” distance. However, she argues that certain terms have a shared meaning and are easily understandable by a common man in a certain community/society hence there is little need to get into the semantics of terms. But, if used in an academic context, the semantics do matter! She informs the viewers about the Youtube channel of the Ajoka Theatre in the “Spotlight” section. Do catch up on it! Finally, in the “Cultural Roundup” section, she shares the ” Online Entertainment” channels that one can explore for having interesting infotainment and entertainment such as @MatrixMedia, @Coke Studio, etc.
