The World Map We Learned in School is Wildly Misleading and Africa Wants It Gone
Maps help shape how we make sense of the world.
Derek H. Alderman is Chancellor's Professor of Geography at the University of Tennessee. He is a past President of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) (2017-18) and founder of Tourism RESET, an interdisciplinary and multi-university initiative devoted to analyzing and challenging historical and contemporary social injustices in travel, tourism, and mobility. HE is also a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers in recognition of significant contributions to his field.
Maps help shape how we make sense of the world.