ABSTRACT
Making and assembling produce an odd pairing of terms. Making derives from the short vocalization 'mek' from an Anglo-Saxon word, and hearkens to the Germanic verb 'machen' meaning to do or to make. It is possible to assemble a range of theorists – experimental thinkers – who become touchstones for different ways of making and assembling in interdisciplinary research, and scholars have become increasingly attuned to the ways in which theories of practice might differ from one discipline to another. In comparison with the radical deconstructive methods of making and assembling, the conventional heuristics of academic knowledge claim the actualization of fields of knowledge, constituted by historically defined sets of relationalities, positions, or lines of argument. To a certain extent, the methodology of assembling and making is predicated upon the 'practice-turn' in social and applied research. The importance of C. Ginzburg conjectural paradigm to making and assembling in research lies as much in its 'rational' aspects as its 'lightning' component.
