Mapping and politics in the digital age

Throughout history, maps have been a powerful tool in the constitutive imaginary of governments seeking to define or contest the limits of their political reach.

Today, new digital technologies have become central to mapping as a way of formulating alternative political visions.

Mapping can also help marginalised communities to construct speculative designs using participatory practices.

This book explores how the development of new digital technologies and mapping practices are transforming global politics, power, and cooperation.

It brings together authors from across political and social theory, geography, media studies and anthropology to explore mapping and politics across three sections.

Contestations introduces the reader to contemporary developments within mapping and explores the politics of mapping as a form of knowledge and contestation.