Personal Distance Zones

The reader is introduced to a term coined and repeated by Pratt throughout the piece, "contact zones." She uses this term "to refer to social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today" (Pratt 584). Contact zones were not necessarily a positive interaction because these social interactions usually came out of ignorance resulting into an obdurate conflict. Dubois The Negro in the United States and Griffith’s The Birth of the Nation, and Pratt’s very own Arts of the Contact Zone correlate through Pratt’s terminology of contact zone, autoethnographic texts,

     The Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt opened up a whole new concept for our class. The new term “contact zone” appeared and Pratt defined it as "social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today." The idea of the contact zone is intended in part to contrast with ideas of community that trigger much of the thinking about language, communication, and culture.

How much of a difference is there in the daily life of a midwesterner compared to an east coast resident? How does one’s life differ in the same country, but across a distance of over 1,551 miles? These factors are what makes one area or another a highly sought after place to live. Comparing my time living in North Kingston, Rhode Island to my time living in Garretson, South Dakota will show that both are great places, but the atmosphere and daily life of Rhode Island really set the two places apart, making it a better place to live.

When we look at new born baby, most of the time when they explore the new world, they will use their hand try to reach the object that they are interested in. To remember how that object feel through touching. When we grow up, when we meet someone, the first thing we will do is to give out our hand to greet other with a handshake, in fact this simple action can also reveal our personality. When we do not like or trying to protect ourselves, our hand will become a fist, ready to punch to express dislike. In a relationship, we often see couples holding hands, which can also explaining as they are fear to lose each other, besides they are willing to hand their life to their opponent. When we are holing other hands, we feel secure and someone to

Our own National Institute of Health confirms that close contact between loved ones, hugging included, can release this treasured substance, resulting in increased affection and trust between participants. In fact, the NIH describes a study conducted by Dr. Kathleen C. Light at UNC where couples held hands for ten minutes; lab results found a correlation between a positive relationship and oxytocin levels. If mere hands could produce such compatibility, I fail to fathom the adhesive reach of hugging. However, as seen in American marriages, love can be temporary, so hugging twice a day will resolutely ensure that no ill will remains between spawn and parents, husband and baby-carrier. If there are any doubts regarding this lovely notion, I am reminded that a certain athlete from Buffalo had notoriously low amounts of oxytocin; I heard it hadn’t fared well for the spouse. Yet, I admit that ensuring the hugs are maintained requires constant inspections; luckily, it will take minimal effort to acquire the necessary workforce.

1. What is the NIBIN? NIBIN is the National Integrated Ballistic Identification Network that was created by the FBI and the ATF in 1999.

The second stage is the Personal distance, which is 18 inches to 4 feet, and is generally for good friends and family. This area can be described as close as holding someone’s hand, and out to arms reach of a person. Most relationships with friends or family are spent within this area. The farther point of the 4 foot area is usually for those engaged in an interpersonal conversation, but for less personal interactions.

The monstrous mongrel named Macbeth is being convicted for murdering his long-established partner Banquo. Could someone truly commit such an evil act of crime, especially towards a close colleague? Could someone successfully prove that Macbeth is not guilty of Banquo’s murder? Both of these questions can be answered from true facts and proof from the past. There are instances where one can clearly see the mental analysis Macbeth put forth into pulling this off.

According to Massey and Denton (1988), residential segregation “is the degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the urban environment”(282). Now this is a pretty general definition, but it gives basic but good insight as to what residential desegregation is talking about. In this paper, I will mostly be focusing on residential segregation as it relates to the black and white populations in relation to one another, although I will be referencing some other races briefly to create a better understanding of concepts or ideas.

Intimate distance- this space is between the 0.5 metres and the body and is usually set for family and close friends. The individual feels comfortable and relaxed enough for someone to be that close.

As you move down from landscape, into a spatial view of the school, you can begin to section off locations as contested space hot spots. The hallways for example, are packed in certain areas, yet flow fluidly in others locations. These contested spaces are “fought over” in quite a physical manner. These bottlenecks within the halls cause crowding, and lack of movement. Another example of a space would be the Courtyard located in the center of the school. This is easily the least crowded area within the school walls, and contrary of the hallways, is contested in a much more mental manner. After interviewing multiple seniors who presumably would know most about the conducts of the school, I discovered, most believed it to be off limits to students. These students see the courtyard every day for over three school years, and simply assume it is off limits space because of minimal student traffic through it. Much like the mentality of Jilian from N. Reynolds’ interview: “If everything they need is there in the student neighborhoods, why should (white, middle-class) college students venture into unknown territory?”(N. Reynolds, Maps of the everyday, p. 481) However after speaking to the Vice Principal Ms. Morse this is not the case, she states: ”anyone is allowed passing through the courtyard while the weather is fair, and as long as they travel through in a school hallway

'Proximity' is shorthand for Lord Atkin's neighbour principle. It means that there must be legal proximity, i.e. a legal relationship between the parties from which the law will attribute a duty of care.

Connections between people are happening everywhere. While walking on the sidewalk, you may see a couple holding hands, or a group of friends laughing

Many of us take for granted the ability to travel “large” distances in a relatively short time-span. As a result, we often think nothing of the luxuries that we indulge in every day. Things like near-instantaneous transportation manage to make light of realistic conceptions of distance and space. However, to people like Monzer Omar, these “cognitive distances” differ greatly from that of our own. To Omar, his arduous 25-day journey from Izmir, Turkey to Germany may have seemed to stretch to the ends of Earth. Obstacles such as smuggler theft, uncompromising governments, and a series of unfortunate events make a few hours in a plane to us seem like an excruciating journey for Omar.

Lastly, the basic sociological basic of intimate relationships are a close, personal, and domestic relationship between partners. Intimacy is a close and personal relationship that occurs when the two partners are identified as a couple after a period of dating. Intimacy usually leads to love and changes over time, an