Gregory Cajete is Professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA.Ditlhake Kefilwe Johanna is a social worker and Lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves is the Director of the Scalabrinian Centre for Migration Studies (CSEM), Brazil. Ronald Lutz is Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany, Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of Erfurt, Germany, and Research Associate at the School of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Karsten Kiewitt is Professor of Inclusive Education at the Clara Hoffbauer University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany.

• Introductions1. Introduction - On the Decolonization of Dialogues, Karsten Kiewitt2. What is Native Science? Greg Cajetei. Dialogues3. To Know from Within, Benno Glauser4. To be Open for Constructive Strangeness: Experiences with Intercultural Knowledge Exchange in Development Cooperation and Science, Peter Strack5. Embodied Knowledge: Decolonizing Philosophy by Turning to the Nature that We Are, Barbara Schellhammer and Stan Wilson6. Perhaps we Didn’t Need a Bridge: In Dialogue with Indigenous Mathematics, Edward Doolittle & Amber Hughes7. Western and Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Umunthu Developmental Approach, Chance Chagunda8. Kitheka Ki Matu: A Forest has Ears, Mark LawrenceII. Challenges9. Conceded Land Rights, Indigenous Territoriality, and Cooperation: Contradictions and Challenges, Volker von Bremen10. Spirited Five Fingers Model: A Way of Reconnecting to the Spirit of Reciprocity in Social and Community Work, Ksenija Napan11. Mobilities in the Global South and New Circuits of Affects, Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves12. Indigenous Social Security Systems for Endogenous Social Development in Southern Africa, Ndangwa Noyoo13. Indigenous in Europe: The Challenge in Bringing back Livonian, Valts Ernštreits & Gunta Klava14. The Hijab and Faith: Fashion and modesty, Samira Adel OsmanIII. Perspectives15. Thirty Years of Democracy in South Africa: Reflecting on Social Work and Climate Change Challenges Through Ubuntu Lense, Kefilwe Johanna Ditlhake16. Decoloniality as Total Disentanglement with Modern Capitalist and Neo-Liberal Complex: Social Work Perspective, Mbazima Simeon Mathebane17. Indigenous Youth and the Recomposition of Community Life: Some Experiences in Oaxaca, Mexico, Eduardo Bautista Martínez & María Leticia Briseño Maas18. ‘Not About Us, but With Us!’ Perspectives of Insurgent Research with Children of the Global South, Manfred Liebel19. From alternative epistemologies to alternative aesthetics. A plea for a decolonial environmental aesthetics, Werther Gonzales León20. Buen Vivir and Sustainability: Relation Between Indigenous Knowledge and Western Concepts, Ronald LutzConclusion21. Decolonising Knowledge, Ronald LutzBibliographyIndex

Decolonizing Western-Indigenous Dialogues: Interwoven Epistemologies for Multiple Modernities is a profound and necessary contribution to the urgent global project of epistemic justice. This compelling volume brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices in a rich, respectful, and reflective dialogue that challenges dominant paradigms and affirms the value of diverse ways of knowing. It offers critical insights into decolonial thought and practice across contexts, making it an essential resource for students, scholars, educators, policymakers, and practitioners committed to transforming education, research, and inclusive development. By promoting an ethic of listening, reciprocity, and relational accountability, this book does not merely advocate for decolonisation but embodies it.