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My master's thesis will examine Tibetan Buddhist child monks’ lives and their values. My study sites and at the same time the subjects are Lamayuru monastery schoolchildren from about six to thirteen years old. In my research, the red thread is the villagers and the monks’ encounters of values. These encounters take place in different rituals where people are involved at home, and in the monastery. Main theoretical issue is how small boys are formed respectable and respected monks. The theoretical aim of this work is to examine how different values are built boys everyday life. I examine how values are constructed and how values may change, depending on location and context. My goal is to make different videos, which can support the theoretical analysis and provide the opportunity to introduce child monks´ life in the monastery. In addition, the other visual part was made in a photo project together with the children. Every child had an opportunity to make up to 20 photos of things for one day, about the events that were just important for him. After this project we all together decided to take a photo exhibition. My fieldwork was done in the summer of 2009 and 2010. All videos situated in Vimeo.com/Kyanna Herkel