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Exploring Proxemics: Cross-Cultural Insights on Spatial Behavior

Dive into the study of proxemics across cultures, analyzing personal space, greetings, and touch dynamics. Understand how proximity influences social interactions and relationships worldwide.

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Exploring Proxemics: Cross-Cultural Insights on Spatial Behavior

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  1. Proxemics throughout Culture By: Brittany Bahr, Chris Lanham, Kaila Knueppel, Machaela Schultz, Robert Schroeder, & Sarah Frelich

  2. Definition by Hall • “Proxemics is in the nature of animals including man to exhibit behavior which we call territoriality. In doing so, they use the senses to distinguish between one space or distance and another.”

  3. Proxemics is defined in many ways Katz described proxemics as the shell of a snail Stern developed the concept of a personal world

  4. Uexkulluses the analogy of being “surrounded by soap bubble worlds” Haydek and Sundstrom use the electrical field analogy

  5. Hall’s Four Distance Zones Middle class, northeastern U.S. and Northern Europe

  6. Comparing Cultures Contact Non-contact Northern Europeans Asians Americans Indians • Arab • Southern Europeans • Latin Americans

  7. Variables • Age • Sex • Relationships • Environment • Ethnicity

  8. “Proxemics research requires an inordinate amount of time. Because of the many variables present, few studies have been done which examine its impact.” ~Edward Hall

  9. Latin Americans • Complete strangers • Kissing on the cheek • Less spatial proximity • More Intimate contact

  10. Latin Americans • Children shake hands • Men to women greet with a (beso) kiss • Men to men greet with hug • 18 inches • Wives avoid eye contact with husbands

  11. North Americans • Territorial • Hostile • Value space and eye contact

  12. North Americans • Barriers • Live alone • Bigger homes

  13. North Americans • Greetings • Man to man • Woman to woman • Man to woman • Gestures • Whistling • Waving • The finger

  14. African CulturesEthiopia • Greetings • Man to Man • Woman to woman • Man to woman • Personal space and touching • Differs • Same sex touching is acceptable example: males holding hands • Opposite sex touching less common

  15. Uganda • Greetings • Man to man • Woman to woman • Man to woman • Personal space • Minimal • Less than an arm’s length of space • Public transportation

  16. European • Northern Europe • Similar to the U.S. • Non-contact • Casual distance: 16” • Great Britain • Germany • Scandinavia

  17. European • Southern Europe • Contact cultures • Touch is common • Closer casual distance • Spain • France • Italy • Greece and Turkey

  18. Asian Cultures • No space in public • Sit next to you • Greet with bow

  19. China • No touch in conversation • Women hold hands • Within two feet in conversation

  20. Russia India • No touching unless family • 3 feet apart when talking • Men hold hands • No PDA • Cupping faces

  21. Japan Thailand • No touching • No hugging friends • Couples keep distance

  22. Activity Time!!!

  23. References • (n.d.). Retrieved February 16, 2013, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hip870_tJMw • Proxemics: The Hula Hoop and Use of Personal Space. (2000). Communication Teacher, 4. • Greetings From Around the World. (2009). Retrieved February 15, 2013, from Let's Get Creative: http://www.brucevanpatter.com/world_greetings.html • Brown, J. (n.d.). Five Reasons You Should Start Using the Forearm Handshake. Retrieved February 17, 2013, from Primer: http://www.primermagazine.com/2010/field-manual/forearm-handshake • Dolphin, C. Z. (1988). Beyond Hall: Variables in the Use of Personal Space in Intercultural Transactions. The Howard Journal of Communications, 23-35. • Lucy. (2010, July 14). Kiss, hug or shake hands? Retrieved February 15, 2013, from Pocket Cultures: http://pocketcultures.com/2010/07/14/kiss-hug-or-shake-hands/ • Proxemics. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2013, from Weebly: http://proxemics.weebly.com/proxemics-and-culture.html

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