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Personal recollections of a former developmental biologist focus on the intellectual alliances & boundary-crossing paths of an academic career that led to pedagogical reform involving a linkage of molecular biology, political theory, & feminist studies. The impact of B. Latour's (1993, 1996, 1999) notions of disciplinary boundaries as actor-networks, D. Haraway's (1988, 1997) theoretical framework of material-semiotic apparatuses, & M. Foucault's conception of freedom is discussed in relation to the formation of complex, boundary-crossing assemblages. The moral & political dimensions of questioning why humans are at liberty to realize how & why matter matters, & to whom, are explored. It is maintained that liberty has the properties of "making" rather than "made" &, as such, is not made practical with the help of science or technology. Rather, scientists are said to be "makers of liberty" by virtue of producing knowledge that allows freedom, even though scientists themselves are never totally free of the relations of politics & power. 26 References. J. Lindroth