University of Chicago: Hawaiian Surfers Who Exposed Bias in Science
October 11, 2025
October 11, 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 11 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:
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Hawaiian surfers who exposed bias in science
In 'Capturing Kahanamoku,' UChicago historian Michael Rossi explores how a 1920s anthropological obsession reshaped ideas about culture and science
By Sarah Steimer
In a time when the world was changing fast for indigenous Hawaiians, Duke Kahanamoku was already becoming a legend.
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Hawaiian surfers who exposed bias in science
In 'Capturing Kahanamoku,' UChicago historian Michael Rossi explores how a 1920s anthropological obsession reshaped ideas about culture and science
By Sarah Steimer
In a time when the world was changing fast for indigenous Hawaiians, Duke Kahanamoku was already becoming a legend.