In contrast to previous interpretations, the consciously accepted preliminary nature of anthropological knowledge is not seen as a deficiency, but as a gain.
The SASci also advances the dissemination of anthropological knowledge within the scientific community, to other educators, and to the broader general public.
He added greatly to the anthropological knowledge of central Africa and published valuable geographical papers.
Ten Kate's anthropological knowledge gathered over several decades of travel was considered as "embryonically modern" attesting to his scientific and human stature.
Mr. Geertz's elaborate theorizing and his later doubts about the limits of anthropological knowledge left some scholars nonplussed.
Anthropology is bound up with the understanding of lived circumstances rather than abstract thought, the basis of anthropological knowledge being first and always ethnography.
This should allow students to embrace anthropological knowledge in a larger general framework.
Apart from studying ethnographic diversity, the department is oriented towards application of anthropological knowledge to the understanding of social problems and development issues.
"He was well known for his breadth of interest and his active pursuit of new anthropological knowledge," Professor Buikstra said.
Eliot had long been accumulating the anthropological knowledge which would affect the literature of his own future.