User:Gemena

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Gemena is a declension (plural) of the Swedish word gemen, meaning plain, simple, common. It shares etymological roots with the German word gemein, and therefore could be said to be linked to concepts such as mean or nasty. The term is used in Swedish and Finnish typographic lexicon for lowercase letters (minuscule). The term can also refer to a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In addition, the term is used as a username by a Wikipedia editor – right here.

Gemena is an occasional wiki-contributor concentrating more on writing proper content with adequate sources than fixing technical or markup issues. He admits that he doesn't have much time to hang around Wikipedia anymore. And because of that he finds himself often perplexed by the changes and new practices. So don't be surprised if he is unable to follow all the up-to-date Wikipedia conventions.

Gemena holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees and works in the academia. His interdisciplinary interests, studies and work encompass areas such as:

Contemporary issues

visual and other communication & mass media
design theory / design philosophy
media culture
newspapers & journalism
in general

philosophy, especially areas related to art(s) and media (phenomenology etc.)
semiotics
information & graphic design
news design (or newspaper design)
Neo-Darwinist worldview
houseplants, particularly a few specific groups such as Peperomias

History

visual communication & media
newspapers and news media in particular
printing
typography
information graphics
miscellaneous history concerning society, culture, art, war, the ancient world, etc.