Martin Anil Choudhari

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Martin Anil Choudhari is a PhD Candidate in the Teaching and Teacher Education Program (PROFF) under the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies.

In his project, he is exploring how marginality, precarity, and exclusion are expressed and problematized in Norwegian rap music. This study is part of the NORHOP research project, which investigates the multiple social functions and cultural implications of hip-hop in contemporary Norway. The working title of the project is «Breathing spaces: Rap Lyrics as Wound and Armor? On Precarity, Resilience, and Resistance in Norwegian Rap Music». The project aims to further the knowledge about the potential for hip-hop culture to influence the possibilities of inclusion and belonging for individuals and groups.

Martin Anil Choudhari has a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from NTNU and a teacher education from The University of Oslo (PPU). He has continued education in Norwegian as a Second Language and 13 years of experience as a teacher at the secondary and upper secondary levels. He has primarily been working on secondary school education for newly arrived young migrants.