Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art
Dramatiska Institutet | |
Other name | University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre |
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Established | 1970 |
Students | 155 (FTE, 2009)[1] |
Location | , Sweden |
Website | https://www.uniarts.se/om-skh/stockholms-dramatiska-hogskola |
The Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art
On January 1, 2011 the school merged with the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting to become Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Merger
A merger proposal between Dramatiska Institutet and the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting was announced in April 2009. In January 2010, the Swedish government formed a committee to work on the merger. 15 million kronor were also divided between the two schools to use on the merger.[4] Tobias Krantz, the Swedish Minister for Higher Education and Research, commented that the fact that "Dramatiska Institutet and the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting want to merge together is something I look positively on. If they think that through a merger they can [...] further increase the quality of their educations then that is of course something that the government supports."[4] The new school opened on 1 January 2011.[5]
Controversy
In 2005, criticism was directed at Dramatiska Institutet after a student read an
Soon after the incident gained attention, more controversial experiments that had been made for the project were revealed. As a result, Lysander announced that an investigation had been launched by DI.[7] Bengt Westerberg, an investigator hired by the school, found that the students involved in the project had not discussed ethical questions beforehand and had been given bad guidance from the professors. Lysander announced that the result of this investigation "will lay the foundation for change" at the school.[8]
References
- ^ Swedish Higher Education Authority (Högskoleverket) - statistics for 2009 (Swedish), page 118 Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
- SELIBR 8345587.
- Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. Archived from the originalon November 2, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ a b c Mattsson, Andreas (21 January 2010). "Ny kulturhögskola förbereds". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Kommitté ska förbereda sammanslagningen av Dramatiska institutet och Teaterhögskolan". National Agency for Higher Education. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Porrskildring lästes upp för skolbarn". Sveriges Television. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Måndag 26 juli 2010 hem | kultur & nöje | vetenskap | redaktionen rapport i SVT Play Sverige: Nyheter Fler skolor med i DI:s sexprojekt". Sveriges Television. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "DI får kritik i egen utredning". Sveriges Television. 23 March 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2010.