Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. In popular culture, scrapbooks are described as “essentially a photograph album with decorations” (Anonymous 2007:73). My respondents would probably agree with this assessment, but would also be quick to point out … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the last few months, I’ve shared with you my findings from chapter five of my study. I’ve spent time discussing how family, gender, race, and religion shape scrapbooking. The posts: … Continue reading
It does seem a bit strange to write blog posts about scrapbooking and not include photographs. As part of my research, I took photographs of every layout I was shown by respondents. I only have permission to share those photos … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Last week, I talked a bit about scrapbooking and religion with a focus on actual religion. The other interesting finding regarding religion and scrapbooking is how some respondents had a religious-like … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. A discussion on scrapbooking is incomplete without a discussion of the role religion plays within scrapbooking. One genre of scrapbooking is called faithbooking, which involves compiling a scrapbook about one’s faith … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. This is the last post on race and ethnicity from my dissertation. (You can read the other two posts here and here.) The way stories are told in scrapbooks typically emphasize … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Probably, one of the most interesting findings regarding race in my study was that I could observe a color-blind ideology at work. Color-blind ideology basically means a person no longer sees … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Last week, I wrapped up my discussion of doing family in terms of scrapbooking. This week, I am going to begin discussion issues of race and scrapbooking. A majority of my … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been writing about family and scrapbooking. Here is a collection of all of those posts. Next week, we’ll move onto the next topic in my … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Scrapbooks about others are not necessarily for others. Most respondents plan on passing their scrapbooks onto other family members after their own death. In most cases, the scrapbooks belong to the … 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.
