intercultural
DESCRIPTION
how we handle spaceTRANSCRIPT
Every man has his own territorial needs.
Proxemics
Intimate distance Personal distance Social distance Public distance
Theories and
observation about
zones of territory and
how we used them
Intimate distance
close
You are
overwhelmingly
aware of your
partner
far
Six to eight
inches
Close enough to
clap hands
Personal
distance
close
One and a half
to two and a
half feet.
farTwo and one
half to four feet
Social
distance
closeFour to
seven feet
farSeven to
twelve feet
Public
distance
closeTwelve to
twenty feet
farTwenty feet
or more
ARABS
The arab in a public spacecan push his way into aline.
Thinks that pushing or evenpinching women in public isnot a violation
When they talk to eachother, they look each otherwith great intensity.
AMERICANS
When he is waiting in a line he believes that his place isuntouchable.
To an american the body issacred.
The Arab’s intensity way of look is chalenge to anamerican man.