Sara Christophersen Wins Prize for Her MA Thesis

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12 March 2021

Sara Christophersen Wins Prize for Her MA Thesis
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​Sara Christophersen has won the annual prize for best MA thesis in human geography, handed out at this year's digital winter seminar.

Her thesis is entitled 'Embodied possibilities: a study of dance as an everyday, artistic practice in Palestine', Based on fieldwork in Palestine and a decade of professional engagements as a dancer and choreographer with the Palestinian dancing community, the thesis explores how hip-hop dancers in Palestine create movement in a situation of severe constraints and restrictions through their practice of dance. Congratulations Sara!

Watch the video announcement here.