Maps Show Us Who We Are, Not Just Where We Are

Some geographers focus on spatial relationships in the human realm, and others focus on them in the physical realm. Danny Dorling, the presenter of this video, describes himself as a human geographer because he studies the relationship between humans and the Earth's surface. In this presentation, he describes maps that depict Earth and observes that border controls are a recent construct – there was a time when people were free to immigrate wherever they wanted without passports.