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Personal profile
Overview
I am a Lecturer and Researcher in Drama, Theatre and Performance.
Current research activities
My current research interests are in three strands:
- Durational performance. I am interested in the relationship between performance durations exceeding 'smooth consumption' and the possibility of transformation for the spectator; in particular, why contemporary audiences might be drawn to durationally challenging performance. In relation to this, I am currently writing a monograph (to be published by Intellect Books) titled (Re)Ma(r)king Time: Bergson and Contemporary Performance.
- Site-Specific performance. Using psychogeographical and mythogeographical approaches, I am interested in exploring how 'collaborative chorology' can be used as a method of remaking space and place, particularly as a tool for mapping memory.
- Applied drama. As part of an ongoing relationship with various educational partners in Romania, I am developing a network of UK-Romania drama teachers with the aim of sharing best practice in drama pedagogy. The key aims of the project are:
1. To share good practice in drama teaching for the benefit the UK and Romanian school curricula;
2. To develop and sustain a forum for promoting the importance of drama and theatre in school curricula;
3. To develop and strengthen intercultural links between the UK and Romania.
Area of academic expertise - outline
Durational performance; Live Art; Site-Specific performance; Autoethnography.
External positions
External Examiner FdA / BA (Hons) Drama & Performance , Bristol Institute of Performing Arts (University of Gloucestershire)
2018 → 2022External Examiner FdA / BA (Hons) Musical Theatre, Bristol Institute of Performing Arts (University of Gloucestershire)
2018 → 2022External Examiner HND Theatre Practice, Northampton College (University of Northampton)
2018 → 2022External Examiner FdA / BA (Hons) Theatre & Performance , University Campus Oldham (UCLan)
2017 → 2021Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where James Layton is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Research Output
Future cities: using drama as a tool for exploring communities
Layton, J., 31 Jan 2019, Drama, 25, 1, p. 17-22 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Mentz, Olivier & Fleiner, Micha (eds.) (2018): The Arts in Language Teaching: International Perspectives: Performative – Aesthetic – Transversal. LIT Verlag: Zürich
Layton, J., Jul 2019, In : SCENARIO: Journal for Performative Teaching, Learning, Research. XIII, 1, p. 110-114 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Open Access
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Provocation three: from space to (embodied) place: a manifesto for sensory learning In site-specific practices
Layton, J., 30 Nov 2019, Leap into Action: Critical Performative Pedagogies in Art & Design Education. Campbell, L. (ed.). New York: Peter Lang, p. 165-167 3 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Read between the lines: using drama to change attitudes towards suicide among young people
Layton, J., 1 Dec 2019, In : Journal of Applied Arts and Health. 10, 3, p. 283-294 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Read between the lines: using drama as a tool to change attitudes towards suicide among young people
Layton, J., 7 Aug 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Activities
Teach, Create, Perform
James Layton (Invited speaker)
10 Nov 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
National College
James Layton (Visiting researcher)
2014 → 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution