Humanising research : a citizen social science agenda

Within tourism research, the application of creative and qualitative participatory methodologies that amplify the voices of the unheard and collate nuanced insights into the lived experiences of residents and their interpretations of tourism remain scarce (Westwood, 2007; Assaf et al., 2022). This is despite a growth in theoretical approaches concerning the tourist experience (Ingram et al., 2017) and the host gaze (Young et al., 2021). Accordingly, we develop a framework for tourism research that proposes citizen social science as an innovative means by which research may be humanised (Cheer, 2020) and socialised (HigginsDesbiolles, 2020). Here, we offer a framework through which research may empower residents to be more directly involved in tourism planning by co-creating and co-owning knowledge.