Coronavirus Measures: Physical Distancing, Wayfinding, and New Spatial Orientations

Barry, Kaya; Keane, Jondi

doi:10.1080/2373566x.2021.1986101

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“…Igennem pandemien har det vaeret angivet ganske praecist hvor meget afstand der er passende, nemlig én eller to meter, og rundt omkring i verden har disse numeriske angivelser vaeret suppleret med kulturelt forankrede målesystemer som en kaenguru, en babyelefant, en ko, etc. (Barry & Keane 2021). Imidlertid er der naeppe nogle af disse målesystemer der er saerligt anvendelige i faktiske passagerpraksisser -hvordan opretholder man den ene eller anden specifikke afstand i en fyldt bus?…”

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”Hold afstand!” Handlingsanvisende risikokommunikation under COVID19

Lindegaard¹

2022

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The paper considers risk communication in Denmark during the COVID19 pandemic. It investigates the expression hold afstand ('keep distance') as it is used by a regional transportation company. Considering both grammar, semantics and pragmatics, it points out that whereas the grammar and semantics of the expression are somewhat ambiguous, the actual use of it suggests that its meaning gets settled for all practical purposes relative to the context of use. The paper argues that the ambiguity of the expression affords an openness considering appropriate interpretations of it. As such, hold afstand appears to be a well-chosen expression in a situation in which the transport company has to balance the silver lining of guiding anxious passengers while simultaneously mobilising potentially resisting passengers through a certain space for interpretation. Nøgleord risikokommunikation, handlingsanvisende kommunikation, substantivinkorporering, direktiver IndledningDenne artikel udspringer af arbejdet med et forskningsprojekt der undersøger passagerpraksisser i relation til smittebekymring. Gennem en undersøgelse af hvordan et regionalt trafikselskab bruger direktivet hold afstand i deres passagerrettede information, undersøger artiklen hvordan

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”Hold afstand!” Handlingsanvisende risikokommunikation under COVID19

Lindegaard¹

2022

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Coronavirus Measures: Physical Distancing, Wayfinding, and New Spatial Orientations

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”Hold afstand!” Handlingsanvisende risikokommunikation under COVID19

”Hold afstand!” Handlingsanvisende risikokommunikation under COVID19

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