Desirée Poets

Desirée researches the relationship between colonialism, imperialism, and underdevelopment in Brazil, where she was born and raised. Within this larger focus, she is particularly interested in the intersections of Black, Indigenous, and peripheral (favela) struggles against these structures, and in how these struggles can converge toward national sovereignty and liberation. Theoretically, her work places Marxist Dependency Theory, Black and Indigenous thought, and Settler Colonial Studies in dialogue.