Shifts in Mapping : Maps as a Tool of Knowledge Klappentext: Depicting the world territory and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation communication and economic exchange. Today IT companies are a driving force in this field and change our view of the world; how we communicate navigate and consume globally. Questions of privacy authorship and economic interests are highly relevant to cartographys practices. So how to deal with such powers and what is the critical role of cartography in it How might a bottom up perspective (and actions) in map making change the conception of a geopolitical space