2/14/2021

Week 6 Response to “Personal Space Differences”

 

Did you know that matter is anything that occupies space and has mass? And that all living things have their own spatial distances and their meaning? Let me introduce some of the geometrical measurement, meaning, and its value.

According to the resources book of the body language chapter 9, a lion raised in the remote regions of Africa may have a territorial space with a radius of 30 miles (5o kilometers) or more. All animals have their own territorial distances because of their different habitat. The same with the people the intimate zone with your spouse or lover, children, friends, parents, relatives, or pets is between 6 and 18 inches (15-45 centimeters). 18 inches and 48 inches (46cm-1.22m) is personal and the friend zone. 4 and 12 feet (i.22 – 3.6 m) distance from the stranger, plumber or carpenter, mailman, barista at Starbucks, a new employee at work.  For the public and The audience, a zone is 12 feet (3.6m). The intimate zone is between 6 and 18 inches, 15-45 cm. Americans born and raised in a city 18-48 inches (46-122 cm). 10-inch (25cm) of the intimate zone of the Japanese.

Like all animals they have their own intimate, friend, children, spouse, lover territorial distances they also respect their personal space and it’s depends upon the population of that area. Because individual animals each have their own unique preferences, personalities, history of trauma. For instance, the hen walks closer to their chicks while the roster keeps a distance far from them both. The same principle with people it depends upon the relationship, cultural background, population density where they live. In my own experience my Japanese friend tends to talk to me very near to my face I also walk backward and she walk forward to me at first, I feel awkward but later own I realized because we have a different view of personal space. Japan especially in Tokyo is sparsely populated rural areas especially in the subway it is okay to push themselves inside the train in order for them to get in because they all valued the time of their work. Here’s another example; Recently, I have a meeting together with my two Japanese friends at home they schedule at 3 o’clock pm they came at 2:30 pm we start at 2:40pm if you can see Japanese people valued the importance of time and talk with you in a near distance.  People raised in remote areas love to have larger personal space they prefer not to shake hands but rather stand at a distance and wave. In the Philippines culture, if you are only a friend, they tend to wave their hand at you as their greetings or just simply say a simple word like “good morning, good afternoon.” This lack of awareness of the differences of cultural spaces can easily lead to misconceptions and inaccurate assumptions.

President Gordon B. Hinkley was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15^th President of ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints’ on March 1995 until his death in January 2008 declares,” You need to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder.  Spend some time with yourself in introspection, in development. Life can be a great adventure