maandag 14 februari 2011
Non-verbal language: Space
Different Cultures -different space meanings
According to Hall's proxemics:
Western countries are characterised by three primary zones of space
Within Europe differences concerning optimal space also appear:
It's not because a culture has a high-touch culture, theire are some subtleties in touching rules in advertising.
Touching a woman is usually a more sensitive area. In Arab countries this may cause problems.
Who touches whoe also depends on the culture.
In Europe it is usual to see people of the opposite sex (a couple) walking hand in hand on the street.
This is not the case for many Asian and Arab countries. Here you would rather see people of the same sex (not a couple, but acquaintances) holding hands.
- Asian and Arab people tend to stand very close to one another.
- Western and American people leave more space and find it rather threatening when people stand to close to them.
According to Hall's proxemics:
Western countries are characterised by three primary zones of space
- The intimate zone (0-45 cm)
- The personal zone (45 -100 cm)
- The social zone (1-2 m)
Within Europe differences concerning optimal space also appear:
- The further south you go, the smaller the distance gets.
- Northern Europeans, the English and Americans are said to have a low-touch culture, demonstrating low contact in public.
- Southern Europeans, Arabs and Eastern Europeans are said to have a high-touch culture.
It's not because a culture has a high-touch culture, theire are some subtleties in touching rules in advertising.
Touching a woman is usually a more sensitive area. In Arab countries this may cause problems.
Who touches whoe also depends on the culture.
In Europe it is usual to see people of the opposite sex (a couple) walking hand in hand on the street.
This is not the case for many Asian and Arab countries. Here you would rather see people of the same sex (not a couple, but acquaintances) holding hands.
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it is so true about the "hand in hand thing"! u can't distinguish lesbians in most of the asian countries (e.g. china, korea, japan, singapore, etc.), since girls love to hold hands when walking with their best girl friends. But one thing for sure, hand in hand for boys are definitely not "normal" in these countries, even though they are actually a "couple".
p.s. Send me the invitation, i want to be your follower !! haha (from Hannah)
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