This source, "On Decoloniality" by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, delves into the concept of decoloniality as a praxis of living that actively challenges the modernity/coloniality matrix of power. It argues that decoloniality is not merely resistance but a re-existence, a proactive redefining and re-signifying of life in conditions of dignity. The text emphasizes relationality and thinking with diverse local histories and struggles, rather than imposing universal solutions or rejecting Western thought outright, viewing it as one part of a pluriversal reality. Through examples like the Zapatistas and Indigenous movements in Abya Yala (the Americas), the authors illustrate how decoloniality manifests as insurgent political, epistemic, and existence-based practices that fundamentally undo the singularity and linearity of the West and dismantle the coloniality of knowledge and being embedded within dominant systems.

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