Formal & Technical

Informal

SPACE

1.      In what type of space does this situation occur? (Public, private, semi-public?)

2.      What conditions limit the access of persons to this space?

3.      Who controls the access of persons to this space?

4.      Who controls the environmental conditions within this space (e.g., temperature, lighting, furniture, etc.)?

5.      Who or what regulates movement within the space?  Into and out of the space?

6.      What are the norms for spatial behavior within this space (e.g., how do people hold their bodies, organize their possessions, arrange their faces, move, sit, stand, walk, etc.)?

7.      Are there clear cut boundaries between the front regions and the back regions on this space?  Do they shift or are they fixed?  Where are they? 

8.      How is the overall space bounded?  Are the boundaries fixed or flexible?  Are they permeable (can others see/hear into the space; can others enter it)?

9.      What objects help to define this situation? 

10.    Who has access to the objects in this situation?  Under what conditions?

11.    How are persons oriented to one another in space (e.g., positions, distance)?

12.    What are the rules for personal distance and for touching?

TIME

1.    What are the temporal boundaries of the environment?

2.    Are the boundaries fixed or flexible?

3.    How are the boundaries marked?

4.    Who controls the organization of time? The pace of events?

5.    Who or what organizes the order of events?

6.    Are events diffused or displaced point?

7.    Is the environment monochronic or polychronic?