Descripción del proyecto
Análisis de los legados materiales y medioambientales contemporáneos
El aumento de la esperanza de vida hace que los legados adquieran una importancia sin precedentes en un mundo caracterizado por la desigualdad y la degradación del medio ambiente. En el proyecto LEGACIES, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, se reconoce que los legados van más allá de las preocupaciones póstumas de las personas mayores y sus herederos. Por el contrario, abarcan procesos intergeneracionales dinámicos que incluyen dimensiones materiales e inmateriales como, por ejemplo, los legados medioambientales. El proyecto tiene por objeto analizar los legados materiales y medioambientales conexos entre generaciones coexistentes. Ello implicará comprender los factores que determinan las prácticas de creación de legados de las generaciones mayores, definir la interconexión entre los legados medioambientales y materiales y aportar nuevos conocimientos sobre cómo influye la interacción generacional en los legados medioambientales. Los resultados ayudarán a esclarecer la dinámica de la desigualdad y contribuirán al desarrollo de estrategias eficaces para combatir la degradación del medio ambiente.
Objetivo
Human legacies are more important and influential than ever before because the window of opportunity for generational interaction has been greatly extended due to longer life expectancies, and because legacies assume unprecedented importance in a world marked by inequality and environmental degradation. The LEGACIES project arises from my original proposition that legacies are not only posthumous and concern older people and their heirs, but they are dynamic intergenerational processes comprising material and immaterial dimensions. Material legacies (wealth, assets) that are transferred from one generation to the next are growing, greater in volume than ever, and highly influential in shaping life courses. In addition to material inheritance we also leave immaterial legacies (values manifest in actions), the most pressing of these being our environmental legacies. The LEGACIES project will break new ground in understanding the intertwined material and environmental legacies that pass between co-existing generations. My approach is inherently high-risk due to its novelty in straddling multiple generations and the societal and environmental spheres in diverse contexts. The potential scientific gains from this research connect to wide-reaching implications. Shedding light on what drives older generations’ legacy-making practices will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of inequality. Understanding the interconnectedness of environmental and material legacies will elucidate choices such as deciding against having children and their ramifications on inheritance practices. Illuminating how environmental legacies are shaped through generational interaction will better equip us to formulate effective agendas for combating environmental degradation. The LEGACIES project will yield concepts and theory essential for explicating how strategies and practices at the micro level reflect and shape the greatest challenges that humans and the natural environment face.
Palabras clave
- Legacy
- generation
- family
- inequality
- ageing
- intergenerational solidarity
- environmental degradation
- climate
- change
- inheritance
- theory building
- qualitative methods
- environmental legacies
- legacies and megatrends
- material and immaterial legacies
- legacy making
- young adults
- older adults
- parents
- grandparents
- grandchildren
- generational legacies
Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitución de acogida
00014 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Finlandia