Decolonial studies is an interdisciplinary academic field and critical approach that examines and challenges the enduring legacies of colonialism and the "coloniality of power" in global systems, knowledge production, and social relations. It investigates how historical colonial structures and epistemologies continue to shape contemporary inequalities, marginalize non-Western perspectives, and perpetuate forms of domination, advocating for epistemic justice, liberation, and the imagining of alternative, decolonial futures.