DIGITAL EXCLUSION
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2021: 40% of the world's population still has no access to the internet.
The pandemic has catalysed the need for digital inclusion by a substantial rate.
The posters below highlight this division via three distinct concepts.
This poster challenges the powerful interest groups that control access to the internet. Why is progress trickled down last to those who would benefit most from it?
This illustration depicts (seemingly) equal entities "disconnected" without the internet; upward mobility for the disconnected is virtually non-existent.
Lack of internet access has given shape to a new form of social division — the ones with access to unlimited data and knowledge occupy the top of the hierarchy, while ones without the internet are neglected. The 4:6 ratio (disconnected:connected) dictates the composition of this poster.
PRAAGYA BAHUGUNA
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