Contact Zone or Culture Zone?
A Contact zone is the space in which people that are geographically and historically separated come into contact with each other and establish ongoing relations. In other words a Contact zone is basically a clash of cultures. Examples of Contact zones could be school, work, the arcade, the recreation center, and many other places in our world. How we react and adapt to different Contact zones is a measure of stability and success in our society. Have you ever felt like you were an outsider, or maybe somewhere where you weren't sure if you belonged? There are times in everyone’s life when they face drastic alterations in their life styles. The way that people would go about telling others about it is in the form of an auto ethnography. Auto ethnographic text is one that, people undertake to describe themselves in ways that engage with representations others have made of them. (Pratt 445). They many times involve two lifestyles that clash and with it one person will either adapt and assimilate into society, or remain an outsider. An ethnographic text is a integral part of the contact zone, which is a social space where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other. They many times involve two lifestyles that clash and
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