Abstract:This chapter documents the rural to urban migration experiences of children and adolescents from Nubri, a culturally and linguistically Tibetan enclave in the highlands in Nepal, to boarding schools in Kathmandu. The authors explore three themes through the students’ own drawings and explanations: (1) difficulties encountered when moving out of the village and into boarding schools, including separation from parents and cultural and linguistic adjustments, (2) the formation of new kin-like relationships in the… Show more
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