Here is a list of suggested readings for the course.

1. Attali. J. Noise: The Political Economy of Music.

2. Benedikt, M. (ed) Cyberspace: First Steps.

3. Dawkins, R. The Blind Watchmaker -- Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design.

4. Feyerabend, P. Against Method.

5. Haraway, D. Simians, Cyborgs and Women.

6. Hayles, N. Chaos Bound.

7. Holtzmann, S. Digital Mantras.

8. Huizinga, J. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture.

9. Kuhn, T. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

10. Kurweil, R. The Age of Intelligent Machines.

11. Lorca, F. Poet in New York.

12. McLuhan, M and E. Laws of Media: The New Science.

13. Manzini. E. The Material of Invention: Materials and Design.

14. Massumi, B. A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Deviations from Deleuze and Guattari (rhizomes R us)

15. Panhuysen, P. (ed) Echo: The Images of Sound.

16. Paz, O. The Bow and The Lyre.

17. Perloff, M. Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media.

18. Rheingold, H. Virtual Reality.

19. Schlain, L. Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time and Light.

20. Truax, B. Interface: "Musical Creativity and Complexity at the Threshold of the 21st Century." Journal of New Music Research.

21. Virilio, P. Lost Dimension.

22. Williams, T. The History of Invention: From Stone Axes to Silicon Chips.