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
Over the past few weeks, I’ve discussed the sources of scrapbooking norms, including the internet, idea books and magazines, scrapbooking celebrities, television shows, classes, industry workers, manufacturers, and scrapbooking peers. Most of my respondents, however, say there are few, if … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. In academia, to copy another person’s words directly or to take another person’s idea and fail to attribute it to its original author is plagiarism and can cause a person’s career … Continue reading
Occasionally, I’ll hear scrappy friends declare they are caught up on their scrapbooking. I have no interest in being caught up. If I am caught up, then I have nothing to scrapbook. The idea of that depresses me. I think … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Not only do handcrafters hide their “stash,” but Stalp (2006a; 2006b) finds that quilters hide their identity as quilter from both family and friends and Simonds (1992) finds that women readers … 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.
