This course examines the relationship of migration - one of the most pressing issues of our time - to mapping and other visual technologies. It uses the term 'mapping' broadly to encompass the various ways in which processes of migration are represented, visualized, and understood - by cartographers, demographers, artists, and historians. We will explore historically how maps and mapmaking have served as a catalyst for migration and travel, and how maps served informational, decorative, and political purposes all at the same time. How has the science and art of mapmaking influenced the imaginations and voyages of migrants? What functions do maps serve at the present time in mediating and "remote sensing" physical, social and human spaces? What accounts for the recent explosion in the language and uses of mapping? And what do maps tell us about our current media moment? Students do interdisciplinary readings, and have the option of writing a research paper or doing a media project that explores mapping techniques.