3-6 July 2012, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 

The 2012 ADSA Conference will investigate the idea of Compass Points - north, south, east, west, centre and all points in between - with a focus on the way location, landscape and cultural geography contributes to the construction and performance of identity. Where are we located? Which parts of our personal, social, cultural, geographical or technological landscape orient us? Which incidents change our conception of our landscape, and, by extension, our identity? Understood literally, metaphorically, and through the landscape of human memory, this topic encourages us to think about the way in which location, direction, orientation and disorientation are enacted in our everyday lives, and in the many performance-making practices we use to express our lives.

The 2012 ADSA Conference will invite proposals for papers, panels and performances which engage with a range of topics connecting with the "Compass Points: The Locations, Landscapes and Coordinates of Identities" theme, including: compass points, coordinates and landscapes; locations - north, south, east, west, and contested centres; concepts of space, place and placemaking; landscapes of relationships, memories and identities; landscapes of technologies, or any related topics, or topics connecting with one of the five principle streams of focus within the conference including -

Compass Points: Social and Cultural Imaginaries

Compass Points: Plays, Playwrighting and Production

Compass Points: Devised, Physical, Dance and Post-Dramatic Performance Making

Compass Points: Scenography, Design and Settings

Compass Points: Performing Arts Careers

Proposals for papers, panels and performances are due by 30 March 2012. For more information, please visit the conference website at www.adsa2012.com or contact Dr Caroline Heim caroline.heim@qut.edu.au.