But despite their frequency, these situations are instinctively uncomfortable for most of us. A commuter in one of these cities might routinely find herself pressed up against complete strangers. On a subway in New York City or Tokyo, we are likely to encounter absolute strangers well within our intimate space - the outermost band of which ends at 18 inches. There have always been exceptions to these rules. We feel comfortable around community members we don’t know when they’re at a sufficient distance for them not to immediately infect us, just as we feel comfortable around complete strangers with no shared connection (as on a sidewalk) when they are 12 or more feet away - or far enough away for us to react before they might attack us. It is no coincidence that health guidelines mandating 6’ of separation between individuals from different households falls comfortably within the range of Hall’s ‘personal reaction bubbles’ for social space of 4–12’. We predict new relevance for territoriality during the post-pandemic era. Edward Hall, an American anthropologist studied cultural concepts of personal space and helped create the definitions of territoriality guiding design today. But the basic instinct for distance from strangers also stems from the need for protection against attack and infection. In its worst incarnation, this manifests as xenophobia and racism. In this article, we examine seven fundamental issues that libraries confront as they plan for the future and how these affect library space planning and design.Ī fear of strangers is one of our oldest instincts as a species.
New libraries cannot wait for society to settle before they are built. Essential services still move forward, however. Will our struggles today will lead us to greater comity or further division? These questions remain unsettled. Nobody knows - or can know - what the patron of 2022 wants. Others must prepare for renovations or new construction in the face of grave uncertainties. For some, this means reorganizing and reopening. In the midst of ongoing turmoil, libraries must still plan for the future. Our civic dialogue broke down more than at any time since Reconstruction. Patent untruths and conspiracy theories flourished in the mainstream. Our civil society fractured, as citizens living side by side consumed vastly different information streams. The past year frayed the fabric of American life. When it encounters another Ditto, it will move faster than normal to duplicate that opponent exactly.Art Wall by Paul Kjelland and Nicholas Lampert from Villard Square Library (Milwaukee Public Library) When it spots an enemy, its body transfigures into an almost-perfect copy of its opponent. If the thing it’s transforming into isn’t right in front of it, Ditto relies on its memory-so sometimes it fails. While it can transform into anything, each Ditto apparently has its own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to transformations. It does not get along well with its fellow Ditto. With its astonishing capacity for metamorphosis, it can get along with anything. The quality of the duplicate depends on the individual. It can reorganize its cells to make itself into a duplicate of anything it sees. However, if it tries to transform itself into something by relying on its memory, this Pokémon manages to get details wrong.
It can reconstitute its entire cellular structure to change into what it sees, but it returns to normal when it relaxes.ĭitto rearranges its cell structure to transform itself into other shapes.
It has the ability to reconstitute its entire cellular structure to transform into whatever it sees. However, if it tries to change based on its memory, it will get details wrong. It can freely recombine its own cellular structure to transform into other life-forms.Ĭapable of copying an opponent’s genetic code to instantly transform itself into a duplicate of the enemy.Ī DITTO rearranges its cell structure to transform itself. However, if it tries to transform itself into something by relying on its memory, this POKéMON manages to get details wrong. When it encounters another DITTO, it will move faster than normal to duplicate that opponent exactly.ĭITTO rearranges its cell structure to transform itself into other shapes. However, if made to laugh, it can’t maintain its disguise. When it sleeps, it changes into a stone to avoid being attacked. When it spots an enemy, its body transfigures into an almost perfect copy of its opponent.
Capable of copying an enemy’s genetic code to instantly transform itself into a duplicate of the enemy.
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