This week’s post is highlighting the graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies of Zimbabwe. I am featuring his poster called “Globalization.” I love this poster, particularly its simplicity. The concept is just beautiful. To me it speaks to the many effects of globalization. The man’s face disappearing could be representative of how with globalization some native people start to lose their culture, their language, their way of life, their identity. His dark skin is representative of a lot of native people in developing countries while the white paint running down, starting to cover his face is the ways of the white people that dominate much of the developed world. There are benefits to globalization like we can eat foods and enjoy the work of craftsmen from around the globe, but benefits to some might be considered detrimental to others.
For example, in India developed countries brought in their superior technology for water wells and cash crops thinking they were making an improvement. Now that the ground aquifers can’t recharge at the same rate that water is being removed, India has a serious water shortage. To the rescue is developed countries willing to sell them bottled water.
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