B.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology and M.A. in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. Relevant Publications: Forthcoming: "Materializando lo inmaterial: el candombe como artefacto patrimonial", in: Trama. Revista de la Asociación Uruguaya de Antropología Social. 2015: "Die UNESCO-Anerkennung des afromontevideanischen Candombe als Reparation. Kulturpolitik, Affekte, Alltagsrassismus", paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the German Anthropological Association (DGV) in Marburg, Sept. 30th to Oct. 3rd 2015. 2015: "El patrimonio como reparación: la patrimonialización del candombe afromontevideano y la respuesta afectiva de sus portadores", paper delivered at the "Cuartas Jornadas de Estudios Afrolatinoamericanos del GEALA" in Buenos Aires, Sept. 28th to Oct. 1st, 2015. 2013: "Afrika in Uruguay? Auseinandersetzungen um afro-uruguayisches Kulturerbe", paper delivered at the 6th meeting of German-speaking researchers on South America, Meso America and the Caribbean in Bonn, May 23rd to 26th, 2013.