selectparks - H2PTM'05 - Create, Play, Exchange: network experiences

november 29th, 30th, december 1st 2005
Universite Paris 8 - Paris, France

Call for proposals at http://www.edsiic.org/h2ptm/en/

This 8th edition of the H2PTM (hypermedias, hypertexts, products, tools, methods) conference series restates the now classic themes that initiated the first conference and since confirm its continuity. With attention to recent developments, however, it progressively expands the thematic area into several directions.

Hypermedia tools are above anything else instruments of creation and it is hypermedia where the new products and works of the digital universe are created. The conference thus accords a large part to the problems of product development and artistic creation. It emphasizes - among other things - the question of the "digital author". The fast paced development of 3D, animation, and interaction technologies stirs at the same time an interest in video and computer games which will be part of H2PTM this year. The conference will also tackle the question of "sharing", which lies at the heart of network practices. Finally, it will closely examine the notion of the digital document from the point of view of its creation, transmission and conservation.

Having arrived at a point of maturity, the conference seeks to establish a perspective on the evolution of its centers of interest and - after a lot of experimentation - to come back to the question of experience. This concept will therefore play the role of a red line: user experience, author experience, capitalized experience, lived experience, transmitted experience; this way, the anthropological dimension of hypermedia will be examined and underlined.