But Boasians also understood that such integration was always in tensions with diffusion, and any appearance of a stable configuration is contingent (see Bashkow 2004: 445).
但鲍亚士學派也认为，這种整合狀態往往與传播處於紧张狀態，而且任何一個稳定结构的表象都是暂时的（见Bashkow 2004: 445）。