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site of activity and agency

10/11/2021

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The drama of socialization is a term of analysis used to begin describing the ways in which the body plays a role in being a site of agency for social-cultural impositions and implications. Setha Low, a professor in environmental psychology, uses other studies in order to further resound in a direction of analyzing the body and its function outside of the biological lens. The varying perspectives offer an explanation of which I interpret as understanding the active communication of the body and its ability to reflect a cultural reality. 

Considering the body as a mobile field, I begin to think about interactions with other people and the awareness, or lack of awareness that comes with having a body- with patterns varying between cultures, Edward Hall, 
anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher articulated, “that any assumption of shared human experience distorts a precise understanding of the cultural dimensions of space and spatial relations”. Hall examining the space of which distortion has the capacity to exist is a key element into comprehending the many representations of society, its complexity, and the importance of acknowledging how people choose to activate their bodies in the spaces around them. 


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