Nicole Sanches is a PhD Candidate in Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视. She earned her Masters in Cultural Anthropology from the 木瓜福利影视 of Amsterdam in 2012, with a thesis on the experiences and perspectives of local activists within a food deprived area of Brooklyn, New York City. Her other ethnographic work explores perspectives on life by religious Rap artists, and the future dreams of young athletes in challenging inner city neighborhoods.
Her current research project explores expressions of belonging, in a time of educational changes, constitutional changes and a time where people’s political and cultural rights are strongly intertwined with ideas of national belonging.