Jennifer N Sime
Biographic Data
| ID | 79368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer N Sime |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer N |
| FAMILY NAME | Sime |
| SIGNATURE | SIME J N |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Diego Mesa College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2493-9886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ephemera (two sisters)
Exhumations of mass graves are emblematic of memory work in Spain and constitute a major focus of anthropological research. As a complement and a counterpoint to that work, I ask: What form does the work of memory take when the Franco regime's specters are glimpsed through more ephemeral encounters with the past: stories, memories, and rumors? This poem has emerged from my efforts to address that question. It conjures Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño R…
Materializing Nostalgia
Every year thousands of pilgrims, most on foot, travel to Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage destination in northwestern Spain. Recent scholarship has mapped a historical shift of the focus in contemporary pilgrimage from the relics of St. James, ostensibly held in the crypt in Santiago’s cathedral, to the journey itself as a primary site of meaning and transformation. However, this scholarship has not addressed the ways in which the m…
Exhumations
This essay examines the efforts in Spain that began in the year 2000 to recover and identify the bodies buried in mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the immediate postwar period, with a particular focus on the failed search to recover the remains of Federico García Lorca. The essay critically analyzes the public and academic discourse surrounding the exhumations, paying particular attention to the notion of the "recovery of me…
Exhumations
This essay examines the efforts in Spain that began in the year 2000 to recover and identify the bodies buried in mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the immediate postwar period, with a particular focus on the failed search to recover the remains of Federico García Lorca. The essay critically analyzes the public and academic discourse surrounding the exhumations, paying particular attention to the notion of the "recovery of me…
Materializing Nostalgia
Every year thousands of pilgrims, most on foot, travel to Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage destination in northwestern Spain. Recent scholarship has mapped a historical shift of the focus in contemporary pilgrimage from the relics of St. James, ostensibly held in the crypt in Santiago’s cathedral, to the journey itself as a primary site of meaning and transformation. However, this scholarship has not addressed the ways in which the m…
Exhumations
This essay examines the efforts in Spain that began in the year 2000 to recover and identify the bodies buried in mass graves from the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the immediate postwar period, with a particular focus on the failed search to recover the remains of Federico García Lorca. The essay critically analyzes the public and academic discourse surrounding the exhumations, paying particular attention to the notion of the "recovery of me…
Materializing Nostalgia
Every year thousands of pilgrims, most on foot, travel to Santiago de Compostela, a medieval pilgrimage destination in northwestern Spain. Recent scholarship has mapped a historical shift of the focus in contemporary pilgrimage from the relics of St. James, ostensibly held in the crypt in Santiago’s cathedral, to the journey itself as a primary site of meaning and transformation. However, this scholarship has not addressed the ways in which the m…
Ephemera (two sisters)
Exhumations of mass graves are emblematic of memory work in Spain and constitute a major focus of anthropological research. As a complement and a counterpoint to that work, I ask: What form does the work of memory take when the Franco regime's specters are glimpsed through more ephemeral encounters with the past: stories, memories, and rumors? This poem has emerged from my efforts to address that question. It conjures Maruxa and Coralia Fandiño R…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Counterpoint (2 works) · History (2 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)