Translation (Theory) as an Assemblage

This experimental book on translation borrows its title and methodology from the introduction to Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus. As they theorize it, an assemblage (French agencement) works through a complex socio-material network characterized by fluidity, exchangeability, and connectivity. They contrast the assemblage with what they call the "e;root-tree,"e; which is rooted in stable...