Progressing a Child-Centred Research Agenda in Tourism Studies

Abstract

In this "hot issue" article, Canosa, Graham, and Wilson trace the historical conditions that have contributed to the marginalization of children and young people's voices in broader social research. Developments in the field of childhood studies are examined by them with a particular focus on how this growing area of interdisciplinary scholarship has seemingly challenged entrenched assumptions about children and young people's competence and triggered a major shift in understanding their agency, rights, well-being, and ability to contribute in a meaningful way to research about their lives. The Canosa, Graham, and Wilson review article ultimately reveals the existence of an evident gap that offers an opportunity for progressing a critical, robust and discrete child-centered research agenda that can add considerably to received knowledge within tourism studies.