Youth-Led · Asia-Wide · Rooted in Culture
We connect individuals with Asia's indigenous heritage — making ancient wisdoms accessible, relatable, and alive for the next generation.
We aim to connect individuals with our Asian roots — making heritage and indigenous wisdoms accessible and relatable to people everywhere, building a community rooted in diversity.
"Living our roots, not as practices of the past but living wisdoms to be carried forward."
Grounded in heritage, indigenous knowledge, and community. We respect the communities and their practices above all.
Done by Youths, for Youths of the past, present, and future. We believe young voices carry wisdom forward.
Multi-cultural and inter-disciplinary. We celebrate the richness that comes from many perspectives working together.
Making indigenous content comprehensive and digestible — narrating lived human experience, free of jargon.
Country-led projects, each guided by local coordinators bridging KnowRoots with the communities.
Documentary, personality test, and field research across highland indigenous communities in Chiang Mai.
Learn more →Cultural research and interview programme with Ainu communities on identity, nature, and modern adaptation.
Learn more →Field-recorded personal interviews and day-in-the-life footage, capturing authentic voices from indigenous communities across Asia.
Immersive 3-day programmes where participants live alongside indigenous communities — guided by the people who hold these traditions.
An interactive personality test connecting you with an indigenous archetype — discover which cultural identity resonates with your own.
“We harvested corn beside families whose language has no written form —
every word a thing carried in memory, not stored on a page.”
— Field notes, S’gaw Karen village stay, 2025
Take our immersive personality quiz and discover which Asian indigenous archetype resonates with your spirit — Karen, Ainu, Mong, and more.
Discover Your Root →From corn harvests to church services, our field research team shares the human side of indigenous documentation.
Read more →How do Ainu people feel about Upopoy, the new national museum? We spoke to community members to find out.
Read more →The design thinking behind KnowRoots' personality quiz — and why we believe play is the best path to empathy.
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