The Socialist Boy Detectives and the Cold Wars of Childhood

Abstract

"This paper discusses the various manifestations of children as protagonists in Romanian socialist cinema, and particularly those present in the juvenile detective movies of that time. Several productions of the socialism cinema industry had children as their main heroes and the movies discussed here were deploying tropes and narrative strategies specific to the global genre of boy detectives. The analysis uses examples that range from written texts, books or cartoons, to films and television series, as these cultural products were exploring not only childhood, but also a particular behaviour of young children and teenagers. They are considered to be relevant for understanding the transformations in Romanian society, as the socialist regime was creating an educational environment for children according to the dominant ideology, the narratives were exploring the resources of a wider genre."

Multidimensionality of Digital Research in Educational Science

“…Interestingly, the digital transformation affects science not only in terms of methodology, but it also defines a new type of researcher's identity. For example, such new definitions are introduced as "cyberscientist" (Nentwich, 2003), "net-enhanced researcher" (Anderson & Kanuka, 2003), "e-researcher" (Anderson & Kanuka, 2003;Pop, 2011), "e-research literate" (Genoni et al, 2009), and "remote researcher" (Martin, 2001). Anderson and Kanuka (2003) give the following description of a net-enhanced researcher: "A net-enhanced researcher acquires an attitude of curiosity, a critical but accepting attitude towards technological tools, and a willingness to look at the world through new technological and communication lenses" (Anderson & Kanuka, 2003, p. 1).…”

“…Anderson and Kanuka (2003) give the following description of a net-enhanced researcher: "A net-enhanced researcher acquires an attitude of curiosity, a critical but accepting attitude towards technological tools, and a willingness to look at the world through new technological and communication lenses" (Anderson & Kanuka, 2003, p. 1). Nentwitch (2003 contrasted cyberscientists with classic ones who still prefer traditional non-digital research methods, whereas Pop (2011) called e-researchers "a new breed" of researchers and "explorers of the future. "…”