James Chaytor

BAs in Philosophy and in Fine Arts
MA in Expressive Arts Coaching and Consulting from the European Graduate School EGS
James Chaytor
Biography

James is currently writing a PhD on Expressive Arts methodology and performance practice at the University of Toulouse. This is the result of research carried out within the frame of TransMigrARTS, a multinational research project financed by the European Union Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie initiative, which investigates the use of applied-theatre with migrant populations. 

Areas of Research, Teaching & Practice

James has have taught in Peru in the Ruiz de Montoya University and the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. At the European Graduate School EGS, James has been engaged as a Lecturer and Teaching Assistant for Philosophy of Expressive Arts. 

Artistic Practice and Passion for the Field

James engages in the visual arts through drawing, painting and carving in wood and stone. Furthermore he is responsible for farmland in the north of England and very interested in the cross-over between ecological practices and collective art practices as a manifestation of emergence in complex self-adaptive systems. 

Selected Publications or Projects

 – Chaytor, J. (2024). Voie négative et vulnérabilité dans le théâtre appliqué. Processus Créateur et Voies Négatives, 235–243.

 – Chaytor, J., & Levine, S. K. (2024). A Philosophical Discourse. Poiesis, 21, 54–62.