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From Externalisation to Metabolism Norm-Critical Design for Shared Domesticities

Author: Ema Soukupová, KU Leuven

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Ema Soukupová

Ema Soukupová is an architect, urban designer, and researcher trained at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (CZ), Slovak University of Technology (SK) and KU Leuven (BE). Since 2024, she pursues PhD research at the Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, and is affiliated with the research group Architecture & Wicked Matters. Her research, titled "Shared Domesticities: Expanding Domestic Borders through Metabolic Praxis of Care," explores domesticity as a site with socio-ecologically emancipatory potential, cultivating values necessary for ecological transition.