不同的文化对空间有不同的感觉。
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Spatial perceptions may be adaptations to specific environments: the degree of population density; the amount of arable land; the absence or existence of natural barriers such as the sea or mountains; the amount of distinguishing landmarks in a region.
他们得学会区分各空间元素之间 的细微差别，因为这是他们远离 家园外出打猎时赖以生存的技能 。
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Chinese Culture
China ia a great country with a history of 5000 years.Chinese culture is Extensive and profound . Chinese traditional culture, such as Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as well as Words, painting, architecture, sculpture, has a profound impact on the world.
美国人被教导在空间中感 知物体的排列和做出反应 ，会认为除非空间中充满 物体，否则就是“被浪费 了”，而日本人却被训练 为对空间本身赋予意义， 对“空旷”的空间赋于价 值。
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2.We can also see cross-cultural varieties of spatial perception when we look at arrangements of urban space in different Western cultures.
当我们观察西方不同文化中城市规划的时候，还体会
各种各样跨文化空间的感觉。
In the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, with
西方许多国家对空间的意识基 于对物体在空间的感觉，而不 是对空间本身的感觉。而亚洲 和非欧洲文化却把内在经验看 成是对有形的实体感觉的基础 。
non-European cultures
view inner experience
as the basis for one's
perceptions of physical
2The CulturalPatterning Of Space
1.Spatial perceptions 2.Eskimo culture 3.Chinese Culture 4.Differences 5.Different Housing Styles
Space is perceived(认知） differently in different cultures.
中国是一个有五千 年历史的国家。中 国文化博大精深。 中国传统文化，包 括儒释道思想以及 文字、绘画、建筑 、雕刻对世界有着 深远的影响。
The Great Wall The Imperial Palace
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Differences
Spatial consciousness in many Western cultures is based on a perception of objects in space, rather than of space itself.But many Asian and other
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The concepts of Space
Space, as one important concept in proxemics, and one element of nonverbal communication is regarded as one part of environmental language. Different concepts of space can affect people's communication, interpersonal feeling and emotion.
空间观也许是对特 定环境的适应：人 口稠密的程度、耕 地的多少、像海与 山这样的天然屏障 的有无以及一个地 区特征性陆标的多 少。
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Eskimo culture
Eskimo peoples, whose environment is a vast snow plain with few landmarks visible for most of the year, spatial perception is highly developed.
reality.
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1. The East and the West are different in their patterning of space.
Americans are taught to perceive and react to the arrangement of objects in space and to think of space as being wasted unless it is filled with objects, the Japanese are trained to give meaning to space itself and to value empty space.
爱斯基摩人的环境是一片 辽阔的雪原，几乎终年见 不到什么陆标，于是他们 的空间感就得到了极大的 发展。
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? The Eskimos must learn to make careful distinctions among different spatial elements, as their lives may literally depend on these distinctions when they are hunting far from home.