Decolonial theory
Decolonial theory acknowledges that due to a particular colonial history we have a world filled with inequities and inequalities and where a dominant story has become the norm. Decolonality hails from Abya Yala (South America) and understands modernity/coloniality as a tandem concept; modernity was only possible because of the ‘darker side’ of coloniality. Decolonial theory does not refer to undoing colonialism per se, but to undoing the structural remnants of modernity/coloniality that have invaded and structured our (intellectual) lives, our (individual) sense of self and our relationship with the earth. Examples are the knowledge production from a particular perspective; standards of aesthetics and validation that only reflect one norm; or the overall exclusion of multiple voices, stories and perspectives with associated power differentials. These structures, though normalized, have contributed to unbalanced and damaged relationships. Decolonial theory therefore is about more than intellectual theorizing, it requires praxis, or concerted action. Decoloniality is at its core the return to relationality, the acknowledgement of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all. It seeks for the acknowledgment of plural stories as a starting point and a given, rather than a struggle for validation. In order to do so we might have to spend some time on undoing, unlearning, ‘detoxing’ from the conditioned behaviors we have acquired along the way. It also requires trust in ourselves and each other and a whole new way of being that requires surrendering to not-knowing and what might be possible.

Indigenous knowledge
We do not believe that knowledge is out there waiting to be extracted and then owned by the select few. Indigenous knowledge teaches us that the knowledge we seek is already out there, all around us and between us. It is how we stand in relationship to that knowledge, about what we do to have that knowledge revealed to us that matters. To have that knowledge revealed to us requires attention, patience, reverence, but most of all connection. The knowledge we seek will be revealed to us when the time is right.    
Indigenous knowledge always starts from the premise that we are related to everything and anything, hence the relational approach to knowledge. Because we are connected to anything and everything we have infinite resources when it comes to inspiration, gaining insight, becoming aware, etc. What is required then is to develop the skill of listening, sensing, connecting and trusting. It requires one to be okay with not knowing in the moment, to step into the unknown and to be patient that when the time is right and everything is right, the right insight will reveal itself. Indigenous knowledge honors local knowledges and local approaches to knowledge.