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
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
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Many handcrafters (e.g., needle crafters such as quilters, paper crafters such as scrapbookers, and others) refer to their supplies as their “stash” (Stalp 2006a, 2006b, 2006c; Stalp and Winge 2008). These … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Many scrapbookers consider themselves addicted to scrapbooking. Newspaper reporters commonly describe scrapbooking as addicting, an obsession, and a passion. My respondents also use these terms when describing their or others relationship … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Is scrapbooking deviant? No. I suppose sometimes it could be considered deviant. I suppose sometimes a person could be a deviant scrapbooker. Is scrapbooking criminal? No. I suppose you could run … Continue reading
Last week, I told you about the importance of writing your story. Your story can be written in your own handwriting or typed up and printed out from a computer. If you are a digital scrapbooker, you can even have … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. We live in a culture that focuses on the pretty. Fashion magazines are devoted to teaching us how to decorate our outside selves. Home improvement and decorating shows are devoted to … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. In my study, I found that redoing a scrapbook page is rare. One scrapbooker talks about how she redid one layout three times before giving up on it. She does not … Continue reading
Following up last week’s post on poetry, this week I have a second question that is raised in David Kirby’s NY Times piece. Kirby writes about his interactions with teachers that use his poetry in the classroom. He states, “The … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post from my dissertation. Many scrapbookers, if not most, edit photographs in one way or another. Photographs are edited from the beginning—when the photographer decides to take a photograph, something else remains unphotographed—to the end—when … 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.
