The migration map trap. On the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration. Houtum, H. v. & Lacy, R. B. Mobilities, 0(0):1–24, November, 2019. ![The migration map trap. On the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex How is undocumented migration typically mapped in contemporary cartography? To answer this question, we conduct an iconological dissection of what could be seen as the epitome of the cartography on undocumented migration, the map made by Frontex – the EU’s border agency. We find that, rather than a scientific depiction of a migratory phenomenon, its cartography peddles a crude distortion of undocumented migration that smoothly splices into the xenophobic tradition of propaganda cartography – and stands in full confrontation with contemporary geographical scholarship. We conclude with an urgent appeal for more scientifically robust, critical and decidedly more creative cartographies of migration.
@article{houtum_migration_2019,
title = {The migration map trap. {On} the invasion arrows in the cartography of migration},
volume = {0},
issn = {1745-0101},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1676031},
doi = {10.1080/17450101.2019.1676031},
abstract = {How is undocumented migration typically mapped in contemporary cartography? To answer this question, we conduct an iconological dissection of what could be seen as the epitome of the cartography on undocumented migration, the map made by Frontex – the EU’s border agency. We find that, rather than a scientific depiction of a migratory phenomenon, its cartography peddles a crude distortion of undocumented migration that smoothly splices into the xenophobic tradition of propaganda cartography – and stands in full confrontation with contemporary geographical scholarship. We conclude with an urgent appeal for more scientifically robust, critical and decidedly more creative cartographies of migration.},
number = {0},
urldate = {2020-01-16},
journal = {Mobilities},
author = {Houtum, Henk van and Lacy, Rodrigo Bueno},
month = nov,
year = {2019},
keywords = {Frontex, biopolitics, bordering, cartography, cartopolitics, geopolitics, mapping, territorial trap},
pages = {1--24},
}
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