User:Gemena

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.