Member Profiles

I am political ecologist with research interests in the geography of hunger, translation, and the history and philosophy of geography.

I have two major areas of ongoing research. The first concerns the ‘geography of hunger’, a concept put forward in the mid twentieth century by Josué de Castro (1908-73), a Brazilian activist, politician and geographer. I investigate how this idea emerged, how it has travelled, and how it can help us think about hunger and political ecology today.

My second major area of research concerns the history of twentieth century geographical ideas in Latin America, particularly the Northeast of Brazil. I am investigating the life and work of scholars and activists including Beatriz Nascimento and Milton Santos.

A number of thematic strands connect my current research. These include: Urban Political Ecology; Translation; Geographical theory (particularly about space, nature, race and the body); The history of Latin American social thought; Infrastructure; Landscape; Anti-colonial geography; Biographical and archival methodologies

I am a practicing translator from Portuguese into English. I have translations forthcoming of Milton Santos (For a New Geography) and Beatriz Nascimento (selected essays and poems).