Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation. Last week, I introduced a few purposes of scrapbooking. It should come as no surprise that all of my respondents talked about how they found scrapbooking to be relaxing, … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation. Over the last few Wednesdays, I have shared with you several sources of scrapbooking norms (e.g., scrapbooking celebrities, friends and family, industry workers). Today, I begin a discussion of … Continue reading
Each Wednesday, I write a post that is from my dissertation. Thus far, I have discussed how scrapbooking norms are influenced by the scrapbooking industry, but the reality is that most of my respondents rarely learn about scrapbooking purely from … Continue reading
One of the “rules” of scrapbooking is that you should journal on your scrapbook pages. The journaling is what makes it a scrapbook page. In the words of one of my respondents from my dissertation, “without the words, it’s just … Continue reading
Last Wednesday, I finished up talking about the methods I used in my dissertation. Today, I am going to start talking about my findings. I Scrap Alone Scrapbookers rarely acknowledge the help they receive with their scrapbooking. I’m guilty of … 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.
