1、ProxemicsNinth GroupCONTENTS01Case and questions02What is Proxemics?03The examples of Proxemics04The reasons for different Proxemics目 录05The solutionsCase Susie，an American living in China,brought her four-year-old son to a park one afternoon to let him play.As he was playing beside her,however,she
2、looked around and noticed many people staring at her child.She started at her child.She started to become quite upset.Then,suddenly,one man took out his phone and started to take a photo of the boy.Susie confronted the man,“What are you doing?You have no right to photograph my boy!”She angrily took
3、her boy and moved to another part of the park.After a few minutes,Susie started to clam down.However,just as she was comfortable again,an elderly Chinese woman walked up with a big smile and reached down and patted the boys head.“Hes so cute!”she said.She then proceeded to rub his cheeks with her ha
4、nd.Case As the woman was touching his face,however,Susie quickly reached down and picked the boy up.“How dare you touch my son!”she yelled at the woman angrily.Before the woman hand a chance to respond,Susie stormed off with her boy and never returned to that park.Questions 1、Why does susie get so u
5、pset at the people staring,the man taking the photo,and the woman touching her son?Susie is upset because each of these people is invading the privacy and persongal space of her son 2、How does this reflect American proxemics？Americans generally prefer a large distance between them and stangers.This
6、is especially so when ones own child is involved.eastern countries tend to require a much smaller personnal space and are accustomed to staring at children of other people,commenting on them,and touching them.In American,though,this is seen as disrespectful at best or child endangerment at worset.Pa
7、rents may even call the police if they think someone appers to be taking too much of an interest in their child.Questions 3、How should the Chinese people have acted when they saw her boy playing?The Chinese people in the park can look at and admire the child,but they should not stare.They should not
8、 take any photos without the mothers permission.And they should never touch another persons child unless they are family members or very close frends.What is Proxemics?Proxemics is a subcategory of the study of nonverbal communication along with haptics(touch),kinesics(body movement),vocalics(parala
9、nguage),and chronemics(sructure of time).Proxemics can be defined as the interrelated observations and theories of mans use of space as a specialized elaboration of culture Persomal space that we carry with us,the bubble of space that you keepbetween yourself and the person ahead of you in a line.Ph
10、ysical space,such as why desks face the front of a classroomrather than towards a center isleDiagram of Eward T.Halls personal reaction bubbles(1966),showing radius in feetThe examples of Proxemics In China,the young women often walk hand in hand and the male is close to each other to show their clo
11、se relationships However in America besides relatives,lovers,excellent friends,the same sex friends rarely keep close distance,otherwise it will be misunderstood as gayThe examples of ProxemicsArabs like to get together in public places to touch each other,feel each other,hug each other and touch ea
12、ch others nose,smell each otherHowever,the Germans have a strong sense of self,their comprehension of invasion distance is vision for them,even if the other people to see a few eye is also a violation The examples of ProxemicsIn America,people will queue up for the bus,if sets are permitted they wil
13、l separate sitting even there is no sets they will keep the distance to avoid physical contact,and keep quiet and doesnt peek others newspaperIn China its common to see Chinese pushing others to get onThe reasons for different Proxemics1、Chinese culture is colony culture and clustering culture so Ch
14、inese culture is more emphasis on cooperation English-speaking countries culture is distributed so Americans are more emphasis on individualism and respect for personal privacy because they believe they can control their privacy so that get emotional relaxation and protect the communication 2、Compar
15、ing with other countries,China has large density of population so that the personal space distance is much shorter which makes us accustomed to the crowded situation,especially in park and other densely populated place and weaken our territory desire to let us share space The United States covers an
16、 area of 9629091 square kilometers,with a population density of 31 people per square kilometer,which creates Americans strong territorial desireThe reasons for different Proxemics3、Chinese values that human nature is good so they are closed Western values that human nature is evil so they always kee
17、p a distance with strangersThe solutionsIt is necessary for us to understand each others cultural spatial association is near body or non near body,strengthen the cultural difference comparison,at the same time to respect each others culture,through multiple channels to absorb experience the exotic culture,dont imposes the local culture each other.The Ninth Group
