Dimitriu - When we are the other
Western traveller, who is actually expected to observe, criticize, evaluate, and give
solutions. Her positioning as a mediator is that of an `ethical agent of social change'
(Tymoczko, 2003, p. 181). Throughout her narrative there is a constant didactic,
prescriptive note on what Romanians `should do'. On the other hand, though, this
hypostasis does not prevent her from sharing a minor culture's solidarity with the
object of her investigation