Semina
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Semina was an influential avant-garde literary and art journal created and edited by American artist Wallace Berman in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its experimental, collage-like format and association with the Beat and West Coast counterculture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Semina canonical | 2 |
| Semina (journal) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6872580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Semina Context triple: [Wallace Berman, notableWork, Semina]
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A.
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is a regional institution that promotes agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia through graduate education, research, and knowledge dissemination.
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B.
Association of Indonesian State Universities
The Association of Indonesian State Universities is a consortium that brings together public universities across Indonesia to coordinate policies, collaboration, and development in higher education.
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C.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science is a specialized graduate division of Tohoku University focused on advanced education and research in agriculture and related life and environmental sciences.
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D.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science is a specialized graduate division of Kobe University focused on advanced education and research in agriculture and related life sciences.
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Graduate School of Agriculture
The Graduate School of Agriculture is Hokkaido University's advanced academic and research institution focused on agricultural sciences and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Semina Target entity description: Semina was an influential avant-garde literary and art journal created and edited by American artist Wallace Berman in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its experimental, collage-like format and association with the Beat and West Coast counterculture.
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A.
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is a regional institution that promotes agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia through graduate education, research, and knowledge dissemination.
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B.
Association of Indonesian State Universities
The Association of Indonesian State Universities is a consortium that brings together public universities across Indonesia to coordinate policies, collaboration, and development in higher education.
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C.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science is a specialized graduate division of Tohoku University focused on advanced education and research in agriculture and related life and environmental sciences.
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D.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
The Graduate School of Agricultural Science is a specialized graduate division of Kobe University focused on advanced education and research in agriculture and related life sciences.
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E.
Graduate School of Agriculture
The Graduate School of Agriculture is Hokkaido University's advanced academic and research institution focused on agricultural sciences and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde literary and art journal
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little magazine ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
assemblage
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collage ⓘ handmade production ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beat poetry
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Kabbalah imagery ⓘ West Coast bohemian culture ⓘ esotericism ⓘ |
| circulation | very limited ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Wallace Berman ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
mailed to friends and collaborators
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privately distributed ⓘ |
| editor | Wallace Berman ⓘ |
| firstIssuePublicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| format |
collage-like layout
ⓘ
loose-leaf pages in envelope ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde literature
ⓘ
concrete poetry ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| influenced |
artists’ books movement
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experimental small-press publishing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastIssuePublicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| medium |
letterpress printing
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offset printing ⓘ photographic reproduction ⓘ |
| movement |
Beat Generation
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California assemblage ⓘ West Coast counterculture ⓘ underground press ⓘ |
| notableContributor |
Allen Ginsberg
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Bruce Conner ⓘ Charles Bukowski ⓘ Dean Stockwell ⓘ Dennis Hopper ⓘ George Herms ⓘ Jack Kerouac ⓘ Michael McClure ⓘ Philip Lamantia ⓘ Robert Duncan ⓘ |
| numberOfIssues | 9 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Los Angeles
ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Topanga Canyon ⓘ
linked to:
Topanga
|
| publicationPeriod |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| publisher | Wallace Berman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Semina Description of subject: Semina was an influential avant-garde literary and art journal created and edited by American artist Wallace Berman in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its experimental, collage-like format and association with the Beat and West Coast counterculture.
Referenced by (4)
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