After being on a panel in Zuzalu around indigenous examples of decentralized governance (see here: https://streameth.org/zuzalu/watch?session=65b8f8d9a5b2d09b88ec1cd9 though note that I do not endorse streameth as a platform), I traveled and lived in indigenous communities from former Zapatista areas in Mexico to indigenous tribes accessible only by canoe in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Rojava revolutionary area in Syria and Amazonian communities in Peru. 
I have had interviews I was conducting canceled because of drone assassinations and I have traveled along the eastern front of Ukraine and Syria. 
I have no traditional credentials. But I have met some truly inspiring people who are bringing decentralized governance to the world in a way that has changed millions of lives, and I believe more people should learn about this. I intend to do what small part I can to contribute to that. 