I have to do a breaching assignment for sociology, and write about breaking the "norms." These would be if going to a movie, and there is one person in the theater, you don't go sit right next to them. And in an elevator, everyone faces forward, so turning around making eye contact would be violating the norms. It can't be illegal or cause harm to anyone. Anyone have any cool/fun ideas?!
2007-03-27 08:23:40 · 2 answers · asked by xxxxxracheyxxxxx 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The items cited all have to do with the concept of one's space. Everyone has a region of space surrounding them which others are expected to keep out of; to enter such space may be regarded as threatening. The phenomenon probably is an evolutionary trait.
2007-03-27 08:55:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once I went into a train station in France and made eye contact with everyone in the whole station, to see how they responded. Some guys looked like they were going to start a fight, other people thought I knew them.
Another time, I sang the wrong words to a song (can be very dangerous if it's a political song, or if it's in a church with people who suffer from mental illness). They all stopped singing eventually.
Another time, we had a subway station with two entries, and guards where checking the tickets. Me and my brother kept entering one side and leaving the other, until one guard got really mad at us (no bones were broken).
clothing is the best. Go in a suit to a computer room, techies hate suits, or go in a really loud flower shirt to a building site. Of course, in some parts of the US, the weirder you dress, the more you'll look like the locals.
2007-03-27 08:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋