Dr. Daniela Aiello

Biography

Daniela Aiello is an urban geographer trained in urban political economy and theories of critical race and post-colonial studies. Her work spans a decade focusing on the geographies of housing inequality, particularly eviction and rent-burden in North America. Engaging broad-based qualitative and community-based research approaches, she is involved in projects that aim to disrupt the false dichotomy between the academy and community. Her work prioritizes addressing social injustices, especially urban inequalities, through a practice of research-as-organizing. She is currently developing a book project that examines the intimate relationships between contemporary evictions, colonialism, and racial capitalism. This project integrates insights from critical race, ethnic studies, and Indigenous studies into hegemonic socio-spatial and political economic theories in Geography. Her research utilizes a mix of archival methods, socio-legal historical analysis, and oral histories, grounded in extensive fieldwork with tenants facing evictions in Atlanta and Vancouver. She is also actively seeking graduate students interested in these topics.

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