The Language of Pandemics I Mariam Ghani
Channel: Science Gallery Bengaluru
Date: 17/05/2021

The language that we use to define the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that it is a cruel enemy that must be defeated through our war rooms and the efforts of our frontline workers. But, are we at war with COVID-19? How does our language and cultural discourse influence the way we think about the scientific discourse around pathogens? Mariam Ghani, an artist, writer, and filmmaker, who has been observing the language and metaphors of illness in her latest project, Dis-Ease, contemplates these questions.