Hyperdocumentation

Olivier Le Deuff is a lecturer in Information Science and Communication Studies at Bordeaux Montaigne University, France. He is the author of several books, essays and short stories, including Digital Humanities: History and Development, also published by ISTE-Wiley

• Acknowledgements ixForeword xiMichael BUCKLANDIntroduction xvChapter 1 Hyperdocumentation According to Paul Otlet 11.1 The different levels of hyper in hyperdocumentation 31.1.1 Hyperdocumentation as an extension 41.1.2 Hyperdocumentation as accumulation 101.1.3 Hyperdocumentation as an increase in documentary forms 121.2 Hyperdocumentation as reduction 131.3 Hyperdocumentation as hypertext 161.4 Hyperdocumentation as a new world order 181.4.1 A hyperdocumentation between utopia and dystopia 211.4.2 Between classification and synthesis 231.5 The ultimate perspective of the documentation 25Chapter 2 Hyperdocumentation as a Triumph of Documentality 292.1 A documentary theory of humanity 302.1.1 A philosophical theory of humanity 302.1.2 Homo documentator 312.2 Documentality or social ontology 322.3 Documentality and memory 352.4 Documentation and authority 372.5 A hyperdocumentary era 392.6 A document theory 41Chapter 3 Hyperhuman or Hypermachine? 453.1 Desiring machines? 473.2 Typology of hyperdocumentary machines 503.3 Towards hyperdocumentality? 57Chapter 4 Towards Hyperdocumentary Regimes 594.1 The documentary regime of Otlet’s time 604.2 Changes in documentary regimes 674.2.1 Between memory and knowledge carriers 684.2.2 Hypermediation 694.2.3 Probability regimes 714.2.4 Regimes of confession and conversion 724.2.5 Regimes of monumentality 744.3 Post-Otlet documentation regimes 78Chapter 5 Between Knowledge Indexing and Existence Indexing 855.1 An index question 875.2 The two faces of indexing 905.3 The need for an indexing ethic 925.4 A long history of indexing 955.4.1 Tension among those involved in documentation 975.5 Between documentarity and monumentality 1025.6 Which indexation regime? 1045.7 Should we stop indexing? 105Chapter 6 Personal Documentation: Between “The Self” and “Myself” 1116.1 Renewal of personal documentary practices 1156.2 Self-documentation 1186.3 Self-demonstration or self-documentation 1226.4 Documentary freedom under constraints 1286.5 Hypodocumentation or the concept of sousveillance 132Chapter 7 The Hyperdocumentalists of Our Lives 1357.1 The hyperdocumentalists of self 1387.2 From the found friend to the “caring” lover 1417.3 Computing centers or archive centers 1437.4 Post-mortem hyperdocumentation 1477.5 Post-human hyperdocumentation? 149Chapter 8 Documentation of All the Senses 1558.1 Hyperdocumentation as documentation of all the senses 1558.2 Beyond the senses? 1588.3 Paranormal hyperdocumentation 1628.3.1 The hyperdocumentation of the sixth sense 1628.3.2 Charles Fort 1678.4 Political meaning? 1698.5 Indexation of desires 173Chapter 9 Free (or Open?) Hyperdocumentation 1779.1 Which hyperdocumentary forms are “open”? 1789.2 Documentation as resistance 1819.3 Hyperleaks? 1849.4 Hyperdocumentary convergence: the OSINT 1869.5 Utopia or dystopia? 188Chapter 10 Conclusion: Is it Necessary to Go to San Junipero? 19110.1 A continuous confrontation between ancient and modern? 19210.2 Between documents and monuments: Promethean vertigo 19410.3 Towards an ethical hyperdocumentation, the challenge of moderation 19610.4 Preserving the links, nexialism against hyperseparatism 197Postface – Beyond Otlet: Fragmented Encyclopedism 201Jean-Max NOYERReferences 235Index 247