PooshandClusp

Not only a brilliant musician, but also Jack Black's (late father-in-law).

I heard on a podcast (The Animal Turn, season 4) that starlings move in an algorithm of 7. So whenever that number is disrupted, they move. I'm not sure I'm doing that fact any justice, but it was really interesting. Probably the 3 or 4 episode (at the very end) if you're interested in the podcast.

I would recommend reading Aníbal Quijano as a starting point to find the answer to your question. But you could go back much further to the 1600s with the writings of "El Inca" Garcilaso, or you could move to more recent times with Alberto Acosta, Esperanza Martínez, and Mignolo. There are just so many though: Fernández Retamar, Galeano, Zapata Olivella, Mariátegui, etc. Even Cien años de soledad by García Márquez (What were the 100 years of silence? "Independence" from Spain and a question of identity in regards to the issue of la decolonialidad del ser.)

This is all to say that this question has been asked for a while. Yet it's critical to continue asking it --just as you're doing. It's also fundamental to learn how it has been asked in the past. I would kindly suggest reading any of the works you study in the original language(s) as much as you can, so that you can be a part of a solution based around the concept of thinking with.

I know I didn't answer your question directly, but I do hope it contributes some to the conversation.

It also sounds like something Catherine Walsh would write. Great quote!