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Milo van der Maaden (they/them) is an artist, educator, community worker and PhD candidate in Care Ethics within the Meaningful Artistic Research program (University of Humanistic Studies and HKU University of the Arts Utrecht).
Their artistic research investigates queer and trans* ‘deviant’ practices, including cruising and DIY hormone resourcing, as pedagogies of care using autoethnography, performance, and participatory anarchival methods such as collective care mapping and zine-making.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, MA Fine Art, University College London, Slade School of Fine Art
Award Date: 1 Nov 2014
Bachelor, Bachelor of Fine Art, HKU, University of the Arts Utrecht
Award Date: 30 Jun 2011
External positions
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
Keywords
- queer studies
- trans* studies
- care ethics
- artistic research
- performance studies;
- zine-making
- critical pedagogy
- critical phenomenology
Research themes
- Art, imagination and society
- Care, welfare and flourishing
- Justice, diversity and inclusion
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STUDENT MANIFESTO FOR NEURO-INCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT
van der Maaden, M., 2 Apr 2026, In: APRIA. p. 69-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Entering the Rose Garden: Cruising the University: Queer Wisdom for Resistance
van der Maaden, M. (Performer), 25 Oct 2025Research output: Online publication or non-textual form › Performance › Professional
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Trans Pedagogies of Care: Cruising Narratives as Artistic Research Method (9th Nordic Trans Studies Conference, Örebro, Sweden)
van der Maaden, M. (Performer), 9 Dec 2025Research output: Online publication or non-textual form › Performance › Academic
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9th Nordic Trans Studies Conference
van der Maaden, M. (Participant)
8 Dec 2025 → 9 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Trans Day of Remembrance x Pastoe, Remember, Resist, Revive!
van der Maaden, M. (Organiser)
13 Nov 2025 → 20 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Cruising the University: Queer Wisdom for Resistance (in MAR: Becoming Reoriented)
van der Maaden, M. (Organiser) & Smit, J. (Organiser)
9 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Becoming Reoriented
Folkers, M. (Organiser), van den Hengel, L. (Organiser), Camuti, F. (Organiser), Leest, J. (Organiser), Hiskes, A. (Organiser), van der Maaden, M. (Participant), Smit, J. (Participant), Afifi, H. (Participant) & Gurau, C. (Participant)
9 Oct 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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care beyond the institution: queer and trans* deviant practices as pedagogies of care
van der Maaden, M. (Organiser) & Camuti, F. (Organiser)
12 Sept 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...