HCIAS Blog | Perspectives on Ibero-America
The HCIAS Blog: Perspectives on Ibero-America is an interdisciplinary space for knowledge transfer created by the Heidelberg Center for Ibero-American Studies (HCIAS) at Heidelberg University, Germany. The multilingual contributions present varied perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities addressing the social, cultural, and environmental realities of Ibero-America. With the goal of reaching a wide range of audiences, this collaborative knowledge transfer project features contributions from established researchers, doctoral candidates and students of the HCIAS‘ academic programs.
Recent Blog publications
Alemania y las comunidades energéticas: aprendizajes para la transición energética | 23.07.2026
En el contexto de la transición energética, Chile establece los lineamientos y metas para avanzar hacia la reducción de su huella de carbono en el sector energía, especialmente en la generación de electricidad (Ministerio de Energía, 2022). Parte de esta acción es la formación de capital humano y la observación de otras realidades globales para analizar cómo se enfrentan estos desafíos en contextos diversos.
The Spiral Garden as Quilombo: Knowledge, Care, and Territorial Recovery at Kilombu Manzo Ngunzu Kaiango | 16.06.2026
On a late afternoon in the city of Belo Horizonte, the smell of moist soil mingled with the sharp sweetness of herbs waiting to be planted. Rosemary, basil, lavender, mint, and lemon balm released their scents into the humid air as hands pressed roots carefully into the earth. Conversations overlapped with the sounds of moving bricks, children laughing, metal gardening tools scraping against stones, and distant traffic drifting in from the surrounding streets of the Santa Efigênia neighbourhood.