Assoc Prof Siddique Motala

Siddique Motala is a senior lecturer in Academic Development in the Department of Civil Engineering. He recently moved to UCT after lecturing in the Department of Civil Engineering & Surveying at CPUT for over a decade. He mainly taught geomatics students who were studying towards qualifications in surveying or Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He is a trained land surveyor and holds a PhD in Education. For his PhD, he researched the use of storytelling in engineering education, mediated by a critical posthumanist stance. His research is focused on posthumanism, the scholarship of teaching & learning, historical mapping and digital storytelling. He is especially interested in decolonisation and innovative pedagogies in engineering education.

He is recognised for his expertise on the mapping of the historic site of District Six, and works closely with the District Six Museum, filmmakers, historians and archaeologists. He is an Associate Editor of the journal CriSTaL (Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning). He was a recipient of the 2017 HELTASA/CHE National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award.