Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. That family album was a record of my accomplishments! It’s like what a resume is for a man. Those words were spoken by Marge Simpson when the Simpson’s family album is … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Every Wednesday, since October 13, 2010, I have published a small piece of my dissertation right here. I am preparing to write posts based on Chapter 5, Doing Gender, Family, Race, … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Expert scrapbookers may become industry workers, though some industry workers do not enter the industry as an expert. For example, one respondent became both a scrapbooker and an industry worker at … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. The beginning scrapbooker is just that, someone who has recently become a scrapbooker or who has never scrapbooked before in her or his life. Industry workers recognize beginning scrapbookers by the … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Some people become scrapbookers because they are already doing related activities. For example Latter-day Saints (LDS) keep journals as records of their lives as part of their religious practice. Scrapbooking is … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Industry workers work to convince others that scrapbooking has value and is a fun hobby to do in order to sell scrapbooking products (and validate their own participation in the hobby). … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Though scrapbooking structures many scrapbooker’s lives, it does not structure the lives of all people who scrapbook. Most of my respondents consider themselves to be scrapbookers and I refer to all … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post based on my study on scrapbookers. As a person becomes a scrapbooker, they have a tendency to begin keeping their camera with them (this is even easier now because most of us have cameras … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post the comes from my study about scrapbooking. Ultimately, once someone becomes a scrapbooker, they begin viewing the world through the eyes of a scrapbooker, as a member of the scrapbooking thought community (or subculture)—dividing … Continue reading
I was so honored to be invited to appear on last week’s episode of Paperclipping Roundtable and talk about my dissertation. The whole experience was a bit nerve-racking as I knew there would be some discussion about my dissertation. I … 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.
