Culture Lab Detroit fosters conversations and collaborations between Detroit and the international design community.

Next on their agenda is a discussion on Post-Truth:

In its fifth year, Culture Lab Detroit will bring artists, architects, and theorists together for discussions of Post-Truth. Events are free to the public and will take place at the Jam Handy and Woods Cathedral.

“Post-Truth” was the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2016 word of the year, marking a time when “…objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” The events for Culture Lab Detroit will explore how the subjective and objective interact today, and how art can help us navigate a world of contested reality.

Here’s what they’ve done in past years: