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 conception of a geopolitical space Inhaltsverzeichnis: Frontmatter TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE RESEARCH INTEREST ON THE SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I SHIFTS IN MAPPING Introduction to the essay section. Shifts in Mapping – Two Concepts which have Changed the World View Atlas of Indexical Cities: A Personal Search Engine for the World Reflections on the Cartographic Languages When collectively mapping possible worlds Critical Map Visualizations The Digital Memory of Palmyra – (How) can data images be critical Design through Graduation Radical Cartography Biographies II SHAPING THE INVISIBLE WORLD Introduction to the Exhibition. STRATEGIES OF NEOGEOGRAPHY IN RECENT MEDIA ART Works Artists in the Exhibition.