As a trained cultural anthropologist, I bring a combination of fieldwork research and design thinking with me. My studies follow five major topical strands:• the way LGBTQIA+ people culturally experience and identify the places where they feel safe and have a sense of belonging;• the re-functionalisation of spaces and the relationship between the organisation of places and communication processes;• how domestic space is embodied and gendered in households from rural areas;• how survivors of domestic violence (in adulthood or childhood) shape their idea and representation of home;• the link between cultural heritage and the community that lives in or around it.