Editing Proxemics (section)

==Organization of space in territories==
[[Image:PerSpa1.png|220px|right|thumb|Two people not affecting each other's personal space]]
[[Image:PerSpa2.png|220px|right|thumb|Reaction of two people whose regions of personal space are in conflict]]While personal space describes the immediate space surrounding a person, territory refers to the area which a person may "lay claim to" and defend against others.<ref name="nina moore" /> There are four forms of human territory in proxemic theory. They are:
* '''Public territory''': a place where one may freely enter. This type of territory is rarely in the constant control of just one person. However, people might come to temporarily own areas of public territory.
* '''Interactional territory''': a place where people congregate informally
* '''Home territory''': a place where people continuously have control over their individual territory
* '''Body territory''': the space immediately surrounding us
These different levels of territory, in addition to factors involving personal space, suggest ways for us to communicate and produce expectations of appropriate behavior.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lyman|first=S.M.|author2=Scott, M.B. |title=Territoriality: A Neglected Sociological Dimension|journal=Social Problems|year=1967|volume=15|issue=2|pages=236–249|doi=10.2307/799516|jstor=799516 }}</ref>

In addition to spatial territories, the interpersonal territories between conversants can be determined by "[[wikt:sociopetal|socio-petal]] [[wikt:sociofugal|socio-fugal]] axis",<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sommer|first=Robert|date=May 1967|title=Sociofugal Space|journal=American Journal of Sociology|volume=72|issue=6|pages=654–660|doi=10.1086/224402 |s2cid=222428003}}</ref> or the "angle formed by the axis of the conversants' shoulders".<ref name="nina moore" />  Hall has also studied combinations of postures between dyads (two people) including lying prone, sitting, or standing.