ABSTRACT
You may feel the situation described above to be an unusual occurrence, yet it was encountered frequently by one of us in a previous occupation. This brief situation reveals clearly so many aspects of the way we categorize space and associated meanings in given social situations. Here, concepts of ‘weighted’ space, in terms of boundaries and paths of movement, are bound up with classifications of people and notions of cleanliness, dirt and purity. Consider the changes which would have occurred if that bungalow door had been opened to someone other than the humble repair man; perhaps a dinner guest, the local priest, or a tramp.
