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Roel Roscam Abbing (1990, NL) a practice-based researcher in arts and design. He has a highly collaborative practice and is interested in sociotechnical systems, DIY/DIWO, self-organization and alternative technological trajectories. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Interaction Design at Malmö University’s School of Arts and Communication (K3). There he researches alternative social media, on-line federation and community-owned digital infrastructure.

He holds an MA Networked Media from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and a Fine Arts BA (Hon) from the Willem De Kooning Academy. He has previously worked as a lecturer in Digital Media at the department of Graphic Design at Artez, Arnhem, as a lecturer in the Hacking and Digital Craft programmes of Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam and taught freestanding workshops and courses at Design Academy, Eindhoven.

Collective Activities

Greasing the gears at lurk.org and co-hosting post.lurk.org

Co-stewarding lumbung.space

Tending to solar.lowtechmagazine.com with LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

Former founding member of Varia in Rotterdam

Member of Lodis in Malmö

Member of Institutet för nerväxtstudier in Malmö

Member of The Network of Alternative Social Media Researchers

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About my name

I don’t really mind but I see it done wrong so often that I’d clarify.

My name is Roel Roscam Abbing. “Roel” is my first name and “Roscam Abbing” is my last name. “Roscam Abbing” is one thing, despite the space.

So you use R. Roscam Abbing and not R. R. Abbing. Likewise, if you want to sort me alphabetically it is Roscam Abbing, Roel and not Abbing, Roel Roscam. If you have a list of alphabetically sorted names and I end on top of that list, know I’d be flattered but also know it is likely wrong :)