SC: Global Inequality PART I — FORESIGHT SNAPSHOT  |  SC: Global Inequality  |  Fixed Time-Stamped Synthesis 2026 SC: Global Inequality Card Type Societal Challenge Series Immersive Futures Guild — Vision 2035 Layer 1 — Atomic Foresight Object Status Active Confidence Medium Workshop Circle of Scholars — January 2026 Facilitator Circle of Scholars Workshop Team Tags global-inequality  |  geopolitics  |  access  |  layer1  |  sc Tally.so Form https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-sc-gi-2026 The geopolitical distribution of XR and AI research capacity, infrastructure investment, technology manufacturing, and platform governance is heavily concentrated in a small number of countries and regions. This creates structural inequalities in who shapes immersive learning futures — whose pedagogical traditions are encoded into global platforms, whose researchers can access cutting-edge tools, and whose communities bear the costs of extractive technology deployment without capturing equivalent benefits. Key Drivers / Contributing Conditions: Technology manufacturing concentration in a small number of economies Research funding inequality across regions English-language and Western epistemological dominance in XR content and research Global South infrastructure deficits compounded by climate vulnerability Educational and Design Implications: iLRN Geographic Chapters as structural equity mechanism Multilingual and multicultural Codex contribution as a governance requirement Research partnership models that transfer capacity rather than extract data Tensions Carried Forward to Part II: How can a global foresight program avoid reproducing the inequalities it documents? When do 'global standards' impose uniformity that erases legitimate local variation? Linked Scenarios / Strands: See cross-links above Ways of Knowing: Tree  ·  Garden  ·  Lantern PART II — COMMUNITY EVIDENCE & DIALOGUE TRACK  |  SC: Global Inequality  |  H2 2026 — Living T COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FORM  —  SC: Global Inequality Submit case examples, methodological challenges, cultural perspectives, and proposed evidence criteria via: https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-sc-gi-2026 Part II — Scope and Instructions This section collects community responses, case examples, and challenges to the Part I foresight snapshot above. It opens July 1, 2026 and undergoes synthesis review in September 2026, November 2026, and January 2027. Contributions are submitted via the Tally.so form above and appear in the registers below after editorial review. The Part I text is not modified in response to Part II contributions; it is versioned at the Annual Handoff review. Contribution categories:  Case Example  |  Methodological Challenge  |  Cultural/Community Perspective  |  Proposed Evidence Criterion Ways of Knowing accepted:  Tree (evidence)  |  Garden (practice)  |  Lantern (futures) Tensions Open for Community Response: How can a global foresight program avoid reproducing the inequalities it documents? When do 'global standards' impose uniformity that erases legitimate local variation? Contributor / Date Category Way of Knowing Contribution Summary [ Awaiting contributions — form opens July 1, 2026 ]