Abstract Stemming from a frustration with the rigidity of categories within tourism studies and their associated violence of finalization and narrative entrapment, this paper sets out to trouble the formation of tourist/m categories within the context of contested space. Using an evocative collaborative autoethnographic approach, three personal narratives are provided by three different tourists whose positionality attaches them to the contested space of Bethlehem, Palestine, in different ways. These narratives highlight the problems associated with trying to categorise tourist experiences in landscapes that speak very differently to different people. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates how the process of bringing together competing narratives of space through collaborative autoethnography can serve as a valid exercise in transformative dialogue.

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穿越有争议的空间的自主民族志之旅

摘要 由于对旅游研究中类别的僵化及其相关的终结和叙事陷阱的暴力感到沮丧，本文着手解决在有争议的空间背景下游客/米类别的形成。使用令人回味的协作自主民族志方法，三个不同的游客提供了三种个人叙事，他们的位置以不同的方式将他们与巴勒斯坦伯利恒的竞争空间联系在一起。这些叙述突出了与试图对风景中的旅游体验进行分类有关的问题，这些风景对不同的人来说非常不同。此外，本文还展示了如何通过协作自主民族志将空间的竞争叙事结合在一起的过程可以作为变革对话的有效练习。