Dear colleagues, We invite scholars and practitioners to join us for a pre-conference workshop about history and memory in internet studies to be held on October 5th in Berlin under the title "404 History Not Found: Challenges in Internet History and Memory Studies". This will be held at the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR 2016). Attendees will be invited to participate in three hands-on, interactive sessions organized around core research challenges in net history: (1) theory and epistemology, (2) materials, sources, and methodology, and (3) mediation and transmission. ** Warning: All potential presenters should be registered by July 20 ** Submission process : Anyone can submit as a presenter (with abstract) or an attendee (no abstract necessary). Both will be involved actively, through sharing problems, tips and solutions. Rather than whole case studies or paper presentations, each session will address specific challenges facing one or more participants: theoretical paradoxes, methodological dead-ends, and demonstrations of born-digital artifacts. Through a series of activities, participants will be asked to take positions, brainstorm solutions, and identify common themes. To register for the workshop or to propose a specific challenge for discussion, please fill out the form here: http://goo.gl/forms/cZMqbGmDVGnOXKpw1 Throughout the day, we will be developing a set of concrete outcomes to be shared with the wider community. These outcomes will include a timeline of key moments in net history, an agenda of "common problems" linking together the various projects, and a set of recommended resources to support researchers and teachers in AOIR who wish to incorporate net histories into their work. For a more detailed description of the workshop, see: http://aoir.org/aoir2016/preconference-workshops/#history Facilitators: - Kevin Driscoll (University of Virginia, USA) - Camille Paloque-Berges (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, France) Hoping to see you in Berlin next Fall, Camille <http://aoir.org/aoir2016/preconference-workshops/#history>