proxemics

To almost all people we have one place that is very special to us and is a place that we can feel comfortable and "at home". For many that place is their bedroom.  The bedroom is normally a private and personalized   area that reflects on someones personality, lifestyle, and what in their life is most important. Our bedroom becomes a place that we claim to be our own private space that typically shows a continual territory that is ours. Our nonverbal communication through proxemics is proven everyday  and i'll provide how my own proxemics is seen through my dorm room.

In our culture  privacy is a huge deal in our everyday life. We value our privacy to high importance and value our own territory. Our privacy and our territory give us a boundary from others even when sharing a bedroom such as in my own displayed above in our college years we seem to mark our territory and claim things with decorations and adornments.

In my dorm room last year privacy could be hard to come by. Even though me and my roomate were very respectful of each other and made certain agreements to maintain our own space we clearly made our own territorial markers and decorations.

I have my area of the room distinctly marked with items as indexical markers that are very important to me. Some of these items include pictures and posters.Not only do these show my personality through my memories but also provide a way for people to see how much I love photography and the stories each photo tells to me

I have my bed with my head pillows facing the door to not only to show others a  welcome feeling into my bedroom but to also see who is coming into my territory..

 Using nonverbal cue consciously and unconsciously proxemics has proven  to be fundamental in my bedroom design with the use of space, distance and territory. When looking at the picture I provided for my room you can see the my bed is the biggest and most decorated area showing that not only this is my area but also that is the main area provided in my room and probably the most used. It is decorated in patterns and colors that were very different from my roomates. I had made sure to this with agreement of her colors in our room as green and orange and mine as pink and purple. Making my bed and possessions clearly marked with lots of pink and with the use of territorial markers such as my purse keys pillow and blankets I do not want others to disturb my territory.

Using proxemics and design we all show our nonverbal signs and cues in how we arrange our room. Unconsciously and consciously we do things that mark our territory  for privacy but also show area that are welcomed to others.

After reading mine and seeing my own display shows my nonverbal cues will you rearrange ur room to show your own nonverbal cues to make them stronger?