We encounter textiles in everyday life primarily in the form of finished goods that are used. Specialists in the division of labor are responsible for the production and thus the origin, creation and whereabouts after use. In terms of cultural history, the manual processing of natural fibers was replaced by new technologies, and production was outsourced due to economic conditions. The processes of the textile chain (fiber formation, surface formation, finishing, manufacture) are exposed to global economic conditions. Consumption and handling of textile things are a necessity in everyday life. Abstract terms, e.g. B. on a label in the garment, cannot be interpreted without knowledge. It can be assumed that things like fibers, yarns or textile surfaces are not referred to with the same terms in everyday life and in class, and the idea of synthetic fibers is in itself a black box. In the Bernese contribution to the VidNut project, special attention is to be paid to these gaps, and there is also an interest in what learners associate with textile products based on their experiences and ideas.

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The contribution of the didactics center for textiles and technical design of the PHBern to the VidNuT project is based on the model of textile material culture according to Köller (1999; Derwanz / Mühr 2021; Becker 2007) as well as on action and phenomenon-oriented approaches (Duderstadt 1997; Strässer-Panny 1996). Factual and meaningful knowledge of the learners, their skills and their attitude towards the subject content should be made equally accessible for observation and analysis (Adamina et al. 2018; Eichelberger 2014).