While i don't know of any Taxi driving geographers, I am currently working on a NGO called Stop The Traffik who are running taxi driver workshops to utilise the 'community knowledge' of taxi drivers with the aim of uncovering signs of trafficking practices (the controlled movement of people into forms of forced labour through deception). The project is in its infancy but STT believe that taxi drivers could be key witnesses to 'new' forms of slavery in the London area. I think this highlights how taxi drivers are connected to informal economies of labour and policing. (any taxi drivers on this forum like to comment?!). STT believe that more than the cognitive and kinesthetic learning of 'the knowledge', taxi drivers combine their learned mobility and heightened recognition of places with an understanding of less visible cultural channels of communication and interaction. But critically, these are perhaps unwanted responsibilities.
Anyone who has worked with taxi drivers please comment!
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