CHAPTER 3
Personal
distance or
proxemics
Our public, personal and private space
As humans we are very territorial, but we are not usually con-
scious of this aspect of ourselves until it is invaded or violated.
Spatial relationships have an enormous effect on our daily lives.
brilliant
deï¬nition
Proxemics (noun)
The interrelated observations and theories of manâs use of space as
a specialised elaboration of culture.
Unwittingly we constantly maintain ...
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