This entry is part 84 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Whether a scrapbook has a clear beginning or ending is only one consideration for how complete a scrapbook is. … Continue reading
This entry is part 83 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. When scrapbookers have completed a beginning of an album they do things such as use a photograph of their … Continue reading
This entry is part 82 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. An individual scrapbook album rarely has a beginning or a conclusion unless it is of a very specific topic, … Continue reading
This entry is part 81 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. By discussing atypical and typical scrapbook pages, what becomes clear is that most respondents scrapbook in typical ways—at least … Continue reading
This entry is part 80 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Though scrapbooks are rarely identical and there is tremendous variety in terms of scrapbooking styles, scrapbookers do common things … Continue reading
This entry is part 79 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Though scrapbookers are influenced by mainstream American culture in what they choose to scrapbook, they do not often record … Continue reading
This entry is part 78 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Different scrapbookers showed me pages that are of common events such as holidays or life transitions. Seeing how different … Continue reading
This entry is part 77 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. Respondents, who are better able to recognize atypical things in their scrapbooking, had been scrapbooking for a greater length … Continue reading
This entry is part 76 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. What is atypical for individual scrapbookers is often atypical for scrapbookers as a whole. Respondents showed me atypical methods, … Continue reading
This entry is part 75 of 84 in the series Scrapworthy Lives ResultsEach Wednesday, I usually write a post from my dissertation. I asked my scrapbooker respondents to share with me 10-15 typical scrapbook pages and 5-10 atypical scrapbook pages. The scrapbookers … 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.
