Subversive Maps

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

People Adrift : Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced People

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

Public Security and Military Maps

Maps of U.S. Military Bases

World Social Forum Action Map