Maps are everywhere. They provide orientation via GPS on mobile phones or in geography classes at school. But do the representations of certain environments on these maps always correspond to objective reality? How did maps originally come about? Who developed them and for what purpose?

A critical look at maps makes it possible to understand spatial structures and processes, recognize power relations, and develop counter proposals: one’s own subjective perspectives on an environment that can in turn be mapped. In this workshop, students from a Berlin school class are invited to learn about the concept of critical mapping and to apply it themselves at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.