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“Making Sense: The Social Side of Sensory Processing” – Volunteers Wanted for...
“Making Sense: The Social Side of Sensory Processing” Volunteers Wanted for a Research Study Do you have a smartphone or the ability to take photographs on your phone and download a free app? The...
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What was SociologyInFocus.com?
I am an original contributing writer to the award-winning website, http://sociologyinfocus.com/ (SIF) (2011-2017). The website was a micro-sociology blog geared towards students learning sociology to...
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SOC-S 375 Issues in Human and Social Services
Issues in Human and Social Service Policy (SOC-S 375) Summer 2019 May 18 – June 12 Tuesdays & Thursdays 9 am – 12 pm (Hybrid) Dr. Stephanie Medley-Rath • Sociology Course Description SOC-S 375...
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Assignment Adjustments
#getengaged My students in Intro to Sociology were supposed to complete an activity where they #getengaged by attending a campus event or a community event (their’s or the college’s). Some of my...
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Resources for White People Who are Want to #DoTheWork
I shared a list of books and movies on Facebook for folks who are interested in learning more about race and racism in the United States. I thought I would edit it into a blog post to incorporate...
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The Textbook for Introduction to Sociology
I am in the process of writing my own textbook and we will be using a draft version of my text. This text is free for you to use in this course. If you feel that you need a more “official” textbook...
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Teaching and Learning in the Shadow of Election 2020
There is not enough space to adequately write about how hard it is to teach during these trying times. And if we are having a hard time teaching, imagine how hard it is for our students who are trying...
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CHA and New Motherhood
One thing that I love about the scrapbook industry is that children are allowed. While I am critical of the child-centered, mom-guilt narrative that is often used as a marketing strategy, at least the...
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A Future in which I Can’t Remember
In my dissertation, I wrote: Scrapbookers “frame” memories to be remembered in scrapbooks, implying that all other memories can be discarded or ignored (see Zerubavel 1991; 1997; 2006). Scrapbookers...
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Deciding What to Include in a Scrapbook
Respondents struggle with explaining why they make the choices they do as far as what is included in the scrapbook, especially after the photograph(s) and journaling were accounted for. Most commonly,...
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A Classification of a Life
Scrapbookers lump together items they consider scrapworthy and split them from the rest which they consider to be not scrapworthy (i.e., trashworthy or forgettable). Scrapworthiness is shaped by how...
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Boundary Play and Scrapworthiness
Scrapbookers may play with boundaries through scrapbooking. Nippert-Eng (2005:304) argues that two conditions must be met in order for boundary play to occur: First, players must possess a shared,...
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Scrapworthy Moments
Scrapbookers determine what is scrapworthy by sifting through the photographs they have taken or been given of moments from their life. Photographs are not taken continuously but are taken selectively....
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Scrapbooking Twins: Keep It Simple
My sister is about to have twins and is trying to figure out their scrapbooks. Rather than texting her my thoughts, I said I’d write a post on the topic. I scrapbook for myself. My priority is not to...
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Taking a Break
Dear readers, I need to take a planned hiatus from the blog. This summer I am moving to another state and starting a new job. I’m very excited about these changes, but it means that I need to focus...
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Neutral Product?
The topic of gender stereotyping in the scrapbook industry came up again on this week’s Paperclipping Roundtable. It was mentioned on the show that this topic isn’t considered much in the industry (I...
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Update
My summer hiatus in 2014 became a three year hiatus! In three years, I’ve seen many of my favorite scrappy bloggers quit blogging or substantially reduce their blogging. The Paperclipping Roundtable...
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