Ilkka Ruohonen

Montag, 15. September 1958

Donnerstag, 17. März 2016

Ilkka Antero Ruohonen (15 September 1958 – 17 March 2016) was a Finnish cultural anthropologist and documentary film maker. He served for many years as teacher of cultural anthropology in Helsinki University. In addition to his career in science, Ruohonen was also a film maker, having made more than 20 of them. Among his best-known films are the following * The Carnival Laughter (2000) * Platoninen vihan käsite ('The Platonic concept of hatred') (2001) * Maximum Attack! The Anthropology of Speed (2005) * My Urban Kalakukko (2006) * Documentary Albert (2008) * Shoplifting (2009)