Scrapbookers determine what is scrapworthy by sifting through the photographs they have taken or been given of moments from their life. Photographs are not taken continuously but are taken selectively. Scrapbookers then have to label a moment as scrapworthy in order to consider photographically recording the moment. What moments, then, are considered scrapworthy? Next week, I’ll begin exploring this topic in more depth. In the meantime, read more:
- Layers of Scrapbooking
- A Future in which I Can’t Remember
- Deciding What to Include in a Scrapbook
- A Classification of a Life
- Boundary Play and Scrapworthiness
Stephanie Medley-Rath is a sociologist and scrapbooker who studies scrapbooking and memory keeping. Scrapworthy Lives is a blog focused on her sociological analysis of scrapbooking, with a sprinkling of posts about Stephanie's own scrapbooking projects.
