Siddique Motala
Biographic Data
| ID | 939149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siddique Motala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siddique |
| FAMILY NAME | Motala |
| SIGNATURE | MOTALA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9679-6175 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Counter-surveying apartheid-era forced removals in South Africa
This paper describes and reports on applications of the counter-surveying methodology that reads together geomatics (surveying and mapping) and archival social justice (activation of archives to serve social justice outcomes and counter injustice) in relation to two sites of forced removal: one in District Six in Cape Town and the other in Die Vlakte in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Archives from multiple sources are activated to supplement the rec…
The Subjectification of Black Engineering Educators
We are three Black engineering educators in South Africa who are inspired by the work of Ezekiel Dixon-Román and Eve Tuck. We critique several so-called “universal truths” that are apparent in engineering education from a posthumanist standpoint and focus on the subjectification of Black engineering academics. We draw a cartography of engineering education, to show how subjectivities are influenced by powerful agencies. The cartography gives an i…
Haunted Walks of District Six
This article traces a pedagogical trajectory in South African higher education that started in engineering education and leads to walking-as-research. Situated on District Six, a well-known site of apartheid forced removals, a cartographic and diffractive methodology is utilized to trace the development of this pedagogy, as well as walks that have emerged out of mapping the site by means of geographic information system (GIS). We develop proposit…
Hauntings Across the Divide
A Place-based response to Fikile Nxumalo
This paper is based on the response to Fikile Nxumalo's keynote address at the 10 th Annual New Materialism conference in Cape Town. It brings into conversation Nxumalo's practice in early childhood education in North America, with my teaching practice situated in engineering education in Cape Town. Both practices are attuned to place and explore the generative potential of pedagogies that foreground coloniality and anti-black inheritances in con…
Diffracting socially just pedagogies through stained glass
This article emerges from our relationship with Theo Combrinck, a colleague, a passionate social and academic activist, a recovering addict and a PhD student, who left our living space during 2014 -a death that was unexpected yet a consequence of an iterative desire to end a troubled/ing life. The intensity of Theo's physical absence retains a vibrant presence and continues to intra-act with us as we consider socially just pedagogies. Theo's work…
Diffracting socially just pedagogies through stained glass
This article emerges from our relationship with Theo Combrinck, a colleague, a passionate social and academic activist, a recovering addict and a PhD student, who left our living space during 2014 -a death that was unexpected yet a consequence of an iterative desire to end a troubled/ing life. The intensity of Theo's physical absence retains a vibrant presence and continues to intra-act with us as we consider socially just pedagogies. Theo's work…
A Place-based response to Fikile Nxumalo
This paper is based on the response to Fikile Nxumalo's keynote address at the 10 th Annual New Materialism conference in Cape Town. It brings into conversation Nxumalo's practice in early childhood education in North America, with my teaching practice situated in engineering education in Cape Town. Both practices are attuned to place and explore the generative potential of pedagogies that foreground coloniality and anti-black inheritances in con…
Diffracting socially just pedagogies through stained glass
This article emerges from our relationship with Theo Combrinck, a colleague, a passionate social and academic activist, a recovering addict and a PhD student, who left our living space during 2014 -a death that was unexpected yet a consequence of an iterative desire to end a troubled/ing life. The intensity of Theo's physical absence retains a vibrant presence and continues to intra-act with us as we consider socially just pedagogies. Theo's work…
A Place-based response to Fikile Nxumalo
This paper is based on the response to Fikile Nxumalo's keynote address at the 10 th Annual New Materialism conference in Cape Town. It brings into conversation Nxumalo's practice in early childhood education in North America, with my teaching practice situated in engineering education in Cape Town. Both practices are attuned to place and explore the generative potential of pedagogies that foreground coloniality and anti-black inheritances in con…
Hauntings Across the Divide
Haunted Walks of District Six
This article traces a pedagogical trajectory in South African higher education that started in engineering education and leads to walking-as-research. Situated on District Six, a well-known site of apartheid forced removals, a cartographic and diffractive methodology is utilized to trace the development of this pedagogy, as well as walks that have emerged out of mapping the site by means of geographic information system (GIS). We develop proposit…
The Subjectification of Black Engineering Educators
We are three Black engineering educators in South Africa who are inspired by the work of Ezekiel Dixon-Román and Eve Tuck. We critique several so-called “universal truths” that are apparent in engineering education from a posthumanist standpoint and focus on the subjectification of Black engineering academics. We draw a cartography of engineering education, to show how subjectivities are influenced by powerful agencies. The cartography gives an i…
Counter-surveying apartheid-era forced removals in South Africa
This paper describes and reports on applications of the counter-surveying methodology that reads together geomatics (surveying and mapping) and archival social justice (activation of archives to serve social justice outcomes and counter injustice) in relation to two sites of forced removal: one in District Six in Cape Town and the other in Die Vlakte in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Archives from multiple sources are activated to supplement the rec…
Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Digital Education and Society (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work)