The Arts, Democracy, and Technology | Spring 2026 Forum

This spring, The Arts at Lafayette presents The Arts, Democracy, and Technology, Spring 2026 Forum, a series of public conversations and gatherings that explore how artistic practice can deepen our understanding of democracy in a world shaped by platforms, algorithms, and data.

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Mashinka Firunts Hakopian | Writer, Artist, and Researcher

Ancestral Intelligences: Data Feminisms and Algorithmic Coloniality Mashinka Firunts Hakopian is an Associate Professor of Technology and Social Justice at ArtCenter College of Design. She is currently a 2025-27 Fellow at the Vera List Center for Art & Politics at the New School.

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Shannon Mattern | Director of Creative Research at the Metropolitan New York Library

Shannon Mattern’s writing and teaching focus on archives, libraries, and other media spaces; media infrastructures; sites where data intersect with art and design; and media that shape our sensory experiences. She is the author of four books, including A City Is Not a Computer.

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Radical Data | artists repurposing tech for liberation and joy

Joyful Data Radical Data is a collective of mathematicians, technologists, dancers and designers working with digital technology for joy and liberation.

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The Arts, Democracy, and Technology | Spring 2026 Forum

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This spring, The Arts at Lafayette presents The Arts, Democracy, and Technology, Spring 2026 Forum, a series of public conversations and gatherings that explore how artistic practice can deepen our understanding of democracy in a world shaped by platforms, algorithms, and data.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Mashinka Firunts Hakopian | Writer, Artist, and Researcher

Shannon Mattern | Director of Creative Research at the Metropolitan New York Library

Radical Data | artists repurposing tech for liberation and joy

All events will be held in the Gendebien room in Skillman Library.
Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Lafayette College Arts & Technology Grant.

The Arts, Democracy, and Technology | Spring 2026 Forum

This spring, The Arts at Lafayette presents The Arts, Democracy, and Technology, Spring 2026 Forum, a series of public conversations and gatherings that explore how artistic practice can deepen our understanding of democracy in a world shaped by platforms, algorithms, and data.

Mashinka Firunts Hakopian | Writer, Artist, and Researcher

Shannon Mattern | Director of Creative Research at the Metropolitan New York Library

Radical Data | artists repurposing tech for liberation and joy

All events will be held in the Gendebien room in Skillman Library. Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Lafayette College Arts & Technology Grant.

All events will be held in the Gendebien room in Skillman Library.
Free and open to the public.