Changing Perspectives: Mapping Global Injustices by Changing the View? July 20, 2010

"For centuries maps have conditioned the way we view the world, aiding understanding but sometimes dramatically distorting reality. Danny Dorling describes how new maps and projections are being created that show the size of countries proportionate to social conditions, health, great poverty or enormous wealth. The result is a series of irresistible redesigns that show starkly the injustices across our world.

Danny Dorling is Professor of Human Geography, University of Sheffield. His work includes the hugely popular WorldMapper Project (www.worldmapper.org) an innovative effort to make statistical data easy to grasp and compelling."