GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Proxemics
17 Oct 2016
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Area: the spread or extent of features on the surface of the earth. Often, there are points/areas that are linked by lines to form some boundaries. The friction of distance and the tyranny of space (cid:862)the first la(cid:449) of geograph(cid:455) is that (cid:862)e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g is related to e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g else (cid:271)ut (cid:374)ear thi(cid:374)gs are (cid:373)ore related tha(cid:374) dista(cid:374)t thi(cid:374)gs(cid:863) (cid:894)to(cid:271)ler, (cid:1005)97(cid:1004)(cid:895) Proxemics: the study of relationships between the space of people. Fixed features built: items such as furniture that can be moves at will to rearrange the configuration of space and thus alter for what it can be used: e. g. The amc is a lecture hall and cinema by your trays. Japan moving/folding walls: fulani cattle ranchers move their houses systematically from one place to another in search of good, pasture and water of the animals. Informal features distance/space: the social distance/space criteria people impose upon themselves and others in an environment and forms the heart of the proxemics concept.
