Who is Angela E. Roe

"You should start blogging," my sweetheart says. 

"First you start with a blog, then you create a website. That's how you market yourself."

I am a perfectionist. And I'm impatient. I had much rather switch it up and start with a hip, superbly designed, fully equipped website that reads like an encyclopedia of what goes on inside my head.

"Don't write too much," he says.

"Also, keep the template white, the font as simple as possible. That looks more serious."

He lost me again.

I want art. Color. Slick banners, fresh lay outs, dynamics, crisp animations jumping off your screen starting mini revolutions on your desk. Also I like those pastel palets that supposedly have been revamped from the 70s. And I like those faded instagram filters like Early Bird. Things just feel better if they look as if they took place 35 years ago...

BUT I am working on listening more often to people's advice. So here we go. I am blogging. Simple template.

The first question that is commonly answered in a new blog would probably be:

"Who is Angela E. Roe?"

The official version of this would be something like this:


Miss Roe is a researcher and anthropologist of Curaçaoan, Surinamese and Dutch descent. 

Roe lives in Curaçao, where she conducts a PhD research project for Florida International University, Miami. As anthropologist she is specialized in Caribbean culture, with a special focus on Curaçao. Her work pertains to race, decolonization, nation building, and colonial heritage.

Next to her academic work Roe is producer and event coordinator. In 2004 she ran the educative department of the local theater, Teatro Luna Blou. In 2006 Roe started the show Luna Yen, Luna Blou’s open mic stage for youth that is run today by Segni Bernadina. In the summer of 2007 she organized the Barbulètè Tour. Symphonical Orchestra Riciotti Ensemble toured the island for four days with Izaline Calister, giving no less than 18 concerts in the most unusual of places; from Hòfi Pastor to the Bon Futuro prison, from the fort in Boca Sami to the Capriles clinic. This resulted in the popular documentary United by Music by Michel Drenthe, which was nominated for a prize at the Moondance festival in Colorado, USA.

In the mean time Roe continued her PhD degree in Miami, and started as editor in chief for the Newsletter of the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA), a large international academic organization. 

In August 2011 she moved back to Curaçao in order to prepare her dissertation research. In the spring of 2012 Roe started with Sombra di Koló, an interactive documentary project on race relations in Curaçao today. Sombra di Koló will premiere in Teatro Luna Blou in the fall of 2013.

Roe further was floormanager at the recording of German Gruber Jr’s motion film Sensei Redenshon in Februari 2012. In April 2012 she was chairwoman of the jury of Youth Short Film Competition of the Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam (CIFFR), as well as one of the festival’s hosts. In the festival of 2013 she fulfilled the same tasks. On October 1rst of 2012 she organized a large concert on Brion plein to stop the increasing violence in Curaçao, together with Dennis Aalse. This was the Have A Heart. A Call-for-Preace Benefit Concert. Stop Violensia, Uni pa Kòrsou.

Roe is also a copy editor, text writer, poet, painter, host, and jazz singer. 

So there you have it. I blogged. And honestly, it wasn't that bad...

Roughly translated this text tells you that I am an artistically challenged scholar that gears her work towards socially relevant, creative and community oriented projects. I seek to build bridges between the academic world and the world where everyone else lives; to make inquiry and information available to large audiences in entertaining ways. 

In my dissertation project and documentary film I get to ask people tough questions about how they feel about their skin color. And also about the people that they like and about those that annoy them, and their skin color. This seriously is the best job ever! Check in again sometime soon and I will explain why.