- How can the colours of a map reinforce our biases? - What does a postcolonial map of the
world look like? - How do indigenous communities use maps to argue for self-determination? A
stunning thought-provoking exploration of how maps shape our understanding of the world -
featuring over 150 beautiful full-colour maps. 'This striking study . . . lavishly illustrated
. . . stuns' - Publishers Weekly 'A true genius of cartography . . . Radical Cartography
will make you see maps and indeed your place on the planet with fresh eyes' - Daniel
Immerwahr author of How to Hide an Empire Maps are everywhere. They can change how cities
are designed and how rivers flow how wars are fought and how land claims are settled how
children learn about race and how colonialism becomes a habit of mind. Maps don't just show us
information - they help construct our world. Cartographer and historian William Rankin argues
that it's time to reimagine what a map can be and how it can be used. Maps are not neutral.
They are innately political defining how the world is divided what becomes visible and what
stays hidden and whose voices are heard. Brimming with vibrant radical maps created by
Rankin and by other cutting-edge mapmakers Radical Cartography challenges the map as a tool of
the status quo. Changing our maps can change the questions we ask the answers we accept - and
the planet we build.
