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
¿IA o escritura humana en informes técnicos? | 15.06.2026
La producción de informes técnicos constituye una práctica discursiva central en contextos institucionales y académicos con impacto en las políticas públicas y en la vida socioeconómica de las personas ya que, con base en ellos, se toman decisiones en todos los niveles de la administración pública y privada.
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.