Free the Map: the Politics of Cartography

All maps are political. How do the lines on a map shape our view of the world — of people on the move, and of nature itself?

In this programme, we explore a new cartographic imagination, one rooted in human experience and connection rather than control. With alternative mapmaking, Free the Map calls for a radical rethinking of how we view the world — and what a map released from its territorial trap might look like.

About Free the Map
The book Free the Map, written by Henk van Houtum and designed by De Vormforensen, goes beyond the narrow, state-centric cartography which characterizes the standard Atlas.