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HYBRID: Writing your Research: Literature Review (Humanities)

About this workshop

An in-depth workshop on reading and writing literature reviews, this session aims to cover all the essential fundamentals of what, why, and how of writing a literature review for your thesis.  The workshop includes engagement with own topic towards developing a structure and outline for the literature review; source synthesis, addressing entry points and gaps, and building arguments. The session will also include critical analysis of literature reviews to better understand what makes a ‘good’ literature review, and how to model this in your own writing.

 

NB: If you wish to attend an in person workshop and have disability access requirements, please email disabilityservice@uct.ac.za and CC pgdevelopment@uct.ac.za to arrange the appropriate services, where available.

 

About the presenter

Ms. Tatenda Dandara, Writing Consultant, UCT Writing Centre, CHED

Tatenda is a senior Writing Consultant at the UCT Writing Centre with an academic background in sociolinguistics. She has extensive experience in facilitating academic writing and research workshops for all levels of study, this includes co-facilitating the Mellon Pipeline Development Programme (MPD) writing seminars; guest lecturing in the Department of African Studies and Linguistics; and co-facilitating the UCT Global Citizenship Program (GCP) GC2 course. Tatenda’s research focuses on semiotics, linguistic landscapes and language policy in higher education contexts.

 

What previous attendees have said about this workshop:

  • "Workshop is great as is and I love the fact that they record the session for one to go back and reconcile any other information that they might have missed!"
  • "I find the slide deck very helpful to revise the contents when needed and reinforce the learnings."
  • "Keep it up"

 

What level of study is the workshop aimed at?

Postgraduate Diploma

No

Honours

No

Masters

Yes

PhD

Yes

Postdoctoral Fellow

No

Junior Research Fellow

Yes

 

Which faculty/faculties is the workshop aimed at?

Humanities

Yes

Commerce (including GSB)

Yes

Law

Yes

EBE

Yes

Science

No

Health Sciences

No

CHED

Yes

 

While the workshop is aimed at certain levels of study and faculties, anyone is welcome to join, as long as any stipulated requirements are met, such as participation and/or preparation.

 

Requirements

Preparation for the workshop

Substantial reading in own field is encouraged.  Students to bring along four or five journal articles from their field/discipline.  A working title and possible research questions of own study will help focus and benefit application. Bring writing equipment / laptop.

Level of participation at the workshop

Individual, small, and whole group interactive participation is expected in this shared learning experience.

Registration

When registering for this workshop, you will be prompted to input your UCT credentials, including UCT e-mail address, for security reasons.  A confirmation e-mail will then be sent to the UCT e-mail address with which you registered.
Date:
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Time:
10:00am - 12:30pm
Location:
Hlanganani Junction - Level 5 - Chancellor Oppenheimer Library
Campus:
Upper Campus
Presenter:
Ms Tatenda Dandara
Categories:
OPGS workshops

Registration is required. There are 66 in-person seats available. There are 164 online seats available.

Event Organizer

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Lauren Grootboom

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