Misled by the Map: Geography Gets Political with Martin Lewis

The standard world political map appears to be a straightforward depiction of the earth’s sovereign states. In actuality, it forwards a vision of how we think the world ought to be structured—omitting some countries and including non-existent others.

Martin Lewis is a senior lecturer in international history.

Classes Without Quizzes are presented by the Stanford Alumni Association. Filmed on location at Stanford Reunion Homecoming 2015.

[kiernanchrist]

This video was amazing!! Thank you so much for explaining the issues coherently and in an interesting way.

[TheTwinDragonSlayers]

15:28 "I think this is a CIA map" hahaha!

[augustasister]

Everyone knows Cia owned afgiatan and iraq...poppy productions.