| The purpose of this study is to increase pedagogical understanding of the lived experience of editors who use a nonlinear editing computer. Specific uncovery of themes, revealed through the hermeneutic phenomenological methodology, reflect an existential understanding of lived body, lived time, lived space, and lived relation when using technology for creative pursuits. Seven individuals engaged in multiple, in-depth conversations with the researcher about their experiences as editors for a four month period in the Fall of 2001. Their conversational text, additional personal reflections, related literature, and philosophic writing intertwine to create a textual representation that interprets an experience of editing with technology founded on Greek notions of techne in the art and craft tradition.;The metaphor of technological texture provides a fabric for understanding four main themes: The Body "That I Don't Think Much About," Space, "However I Want It," "Spending Time" Editing, and Editing "The Way That Fits Me." The work of hermeneutics further enlivens the text and engages the reader in an uncovery process of the importance of the notion of techne in an editor's work.;Revisioning the nonlinear editing pedagogy offers reflection and recollection about pedagogical implications for a new kind of curriculum for students studying editing in higher education. Notions of practice, memory, history and poetry and philosophy illuminate a new way of thinking about using technology for creative work. Five pedagogical patterns suggest a new nonlinear editing pedagogy that is performative and facilitative, cultivates both subjective and objective knowledge, examines form and content in learning, provides a space for notions of place, and lets the student learn in some different ways than previously explored in the editing classroom. These pedagogical patterns allow editing students to discover the root of the editing craft, the experience of techne, and their own unique storytelling voices. These notions further a tapestry of belongingness founded upon techne within the editing craft. |
