Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Though scrapbookers are influenced by mainstream American culture in what they choose to scrapbook, they do not often record popular culture in their scrapbooks. A few scrapbookers regularly include popular culture … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Different scrapbookers showed me pages that are of common events such as holidays or life transitions. Seeing how different scrapbookers capture these moments in their scrapbooks illustrates how standardized scrapbooks can … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Respondents, who are better able to recognize atypical things in their scrapbooking, had been scrapbooking for a greater length of time. For them, atypical things are things they primarily did as … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. What is atypical for individual scrapbookers is often atypical for scrapbookers as a whole. Respondents showed me atypical methods, styles, and elements. Respondents almost always include photographs and use page protectors … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. I asked my scrapbooker respondents to share with me 10-15 typical scrapbook pages and 5-10 atypical scrapbook pages. The scrapbookers showed me a mean of 40.35 pages with a range of 1 … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Over the last few weeks, I have focused on the “rules” or “guidelines” of scrapbooking. Here are the links to those posts: How Do You Scrapbook?: Traditional and Digital Scrapbooking Scrapbooking … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Most respondents could only identify rules of scrapbooking when pressed. I asked my respondents what they would tell a new scrapbooker. In addition to the previously discussed rules (#1, #2, #3, … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Industry workers believe that the reason they had few scrapbookers who are not adults is because children and teenagers are not scrapbooking “in the safe way” (i.e., following the “rules” by … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Industry workers disagree as to rules about what a scrapbook should actually look like. Some think that scrapbookers should be familiar with basic color theory and design composition. One industry worker … Continue reading
Appropriate materials refer to both archival quality of the items in the scrapbook and also, appropriate tools. For example, industry workers try to sell new scrapbookers a paper trimmer to cut photos and paper with. Scissors, which most people already … Continue reading
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.
