The digital divide is far from a new phenomenon. In the last three decades global intergovernmental bodies with large-scale initiatives including the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2021), as well as UNESCO’s Fostering Innovation and Inclusive Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development Programme (Anon 2021) (2021), to name a few, have raised the alarm about the disparities in digital access, digital affordability, digital knowledge production, and fundamental digital human rights. There is perhaps little doubt that the Digital Revolution, as coined in the 1980s, has been a revolution of unequal proportion.
Archaeology is by no means immune to digital inequality, especially as this divide affects both the research design and public dissemination stages of research. This session will explore questions surrounding these issues with archaeologists and researchers from different backgrounds and nationalities.
