Editorial Illustration Series for Essays on Digital Justice
IT for Change is an NGO that strives for a world in which digital technologies contribute to human rights, social justice and equity. I was commissioned for a series of illustrations for their 2020 compendium of essays, "Digital New Deal: Visions of Justice in a Post-Covid World". The essays below deal with various issues pertinent to data and its significance to society, ranging from data as an economic right, technology as a disruptive force in industry, techno-agriculture, and many more.
Editorial illustration for the essay "Towards Workers’ Data Collectives" by Christina Colclough, an essay in IT for Change's compendium "A Digital New Deal". The essay grapples with the notion of data as an economic right for workers in all sectors but with a specific focus on the workforce of digital behemoths.
Editorial illustration for the essay "A Digital New Deal Against Corporate Hijack of the Post-Covid 19 Future" by Gianluca Iazzolino, Marion Ouma & Laura Mann. An essay in IT for Change's 2020 compendium "A Digital New Deal”. The essay deals with the increasing presence of some of Big Tech’s major players into the operations of public institutions in healthcare, media and law enforcement.
Editorial illustration for the essay "Food for All or Feeding the Data Colossus? The Future of Food in a Digital World" by Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group). An essay in IT for Change's 2020 compendium "A Digital New Deal”. The essay advocates policy renewals in the realm of techno-agriculture, the right-to-repair issue regarding farmer’s machinery, and the need to restore power over data in the hands of worker at the grassroots’ level.
Editorial illustration for the essay "A New Convention for Data and Cyberspace" by Richard Hill. An essay in IT for Change's 2020 compendium "A Digital New Deal”. The essay discusses the need to charter an accord that can mediate the climate around data policy making by keeping transnational interests at the fore.
Editorial illustration for the essay "A Westphalian Turning Point for the Digital" by François Soulard. An essay in IT for Change's 2020 compendium "A Digital New Deal”. The essay broadly outlines the turbulent trajectory of computerisation as a process of disruptive innovation in industry, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to further solidifying of neoliberal malpractice and exacerbation of already present predatory fault-lines.