Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Most respondents in my study made a scrapbook as a gift at some point. Some made several while others no longer make gift scrapbooks. I heard horror stories about what gift … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Most respondents in my study report support for their hobby to varying degrees from their family. In fact, other family members are more supportive than non-family. Husbands may roll their eyes … 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
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. 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. 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. 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. Many scrapbookers and industry workers consider scrapbookers to be artists and historians, though professional artists and historians may and do disagree (see Helfand 2005). Industry workers, in particular, emphasize the artistry … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. It is common for scrapbookers to share their scrapbooks with others at least some of the time. Unlike diaries, scrapbooks can be both public and private at the same time. 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.
