intercultural

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how we handle space

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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.