Journal 3

Katriel & Farrell raise many good points about how scrapbooking can be considered everyday writing in “Scrapbooking as Cultural Texts: An American Art of Memory.”  According to the text scrapbooking is considered to be a separate genre and a tool that is used by most every family in order to preserve some memories in a tangible form.  They also talk about how people scrapbook for different reasons.  I thought it was interesting how they even pointed out that although many guys claim to have never scrapbooked, the majority of fraternity houses do in fact keep scrapbooks of some kind.  This can also lead to the argument that even within the genre of scrapbooking there may in fact be sub-genres.  I believe and agree with Katelin that scrapbooking is not something that is learned.  In effect of scrapbooking not being learned, I believe that that is why there are so many different kinds of scrapbooks.  I also believe that they are considered to be everyday writing because we defined everyday writing as something that is not learned and that can be done by using random everyday supplies.

                I also believe that zines are the everyday writing as well for the same reasons that Emily believes.  Zines are homemade and made by non-professionals.  Unlike scrapbooks, zines use words and stories to translate a message while in scrapbooks the pictures do the story telling.  I don’t believe that everyday writing has to necessarily have words.  I believe that everyday writing just needs to be effective at translating a message to a reader.