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This 6 page paper discusses the book “Tunnel Kids,” about homeless children living in a storm tunnel that runs between Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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used by the authors to learn about the kids; the opportunities available to the kids in Nogales; what "Barrio Libre" is and who belongs; and what places are special to
kids and why. Discussion Lawrence Taylor and Maeve Hickey are ethnographers, meaning that they are anthropologists who study living societies. In this case, they took a long look at the
"tunnel kids" who live a sort of weird, underground existence in the borderland between Nogales, Sonora (Mexico) and Nogales, Arizona. While there are a lot of homeless children in both
countries, and a lot of information about the border, the Tunnel Kids stood out because they live, quite literally, in a tunnel. Two drainage tunnels connect the two cities; they
are miles long and run under the border (Taylor and Hickey, 2001). They attract homeless kids from Nogales, some who come to visit friends, some who live there (Taylor and
Hickey, 2001). They seem to enjoy it; part of their acceptance of their life in the tunnels is that its undoubtedly very different and "cool," even though it is
also dangerous, particularly in heavy rains (Taylor and Hickey, 2001). Since "Beauty and the Beast" went off the air, we havent heard much about tunnel dwellers. Methods: Once the ethnographers
heard about these kids, they knew they wanted to get to know them, and they did so by approaching them through their second "home," Mi Nueva Casa, or My New
House (Taylor and Hickey, 2001). The house is located in Nogales, Mexico, and is a halfway house that had been built for the kids when their plight became known throughout
the city, thanks to the news broadcast that featured them (Taylor and Hickey, 2001). The casa was intended to provide an alternative to the streets and the tunnel for the
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