Without a doubt, I am map-obsessed. Anytime I go anywhere I haven't been before, I locate a map of the area and investigate the landscape thoroughly. I occasionally also use Mapquest and GoogleEarth, but I love an old-fashioned paper map. There is so much history and information about the social, economic and political landscapes embedded in maps, particularly if you look at how some maps of various parts of the world and universe have changed so dramatically over time. Clearly, making maps and representing the world via maps is a political process. The internet and computers have made 'mapping' more than just earthly terrain a fascinating topic. Below I have posted a number of my favorite 'subversive maps'- maps that twist and stretch the perspectives and information by which we interpret our global and local landscapes.
Maps of Global Populations (in terms of size, flows, genetics, geography, etc.)
Population - Volumes and Flows:
The Age of Discovery 1340-1600
Colonial Overseas Trade 1740
Immigration in the 19th Century 1800-1914
Human Migrations
Family Tree DNA
Global Paths
Refugee Source Countries
Trafficing of Women and Children USA Routes
Globlal Immigration and Migration
Map of Immigration
Map of Human TRafficing
Mapping Discourses in Illegal Migration
Invisible Trajectories in the IE
Technology Maps
Map of Internet
Trafficking Waste
City Maps/Historical Maps
Maps of U.S. Military Bases
World Social Forum Action Map
