Description du projet
Analyser les héritages matériels et environnementaux contemporains
Avec l’allongement de l’espérance de vie, les héritages prennent une importance sans précédent dans un monde caractérisé par les inégalités et la dégradation de l’environnement. Le projet LEGACIES, financé par le CER, a conscience que les héritages vont au-delà des préoccupations posthumes des personnes âgées et de leurs héritiers. Ils englobent désormais des processus intergénérationnels dynamiques qui comprennent des dimensions matérielles et immatérielles, telles que les héritages environnementaux. Le projet se propose d’analyser les héritages matériels et environnementaux imbriqués parmi les générations qui coexistent. Il s’agit de comprendre les facteurs qui déterminent les pratiques des générations plus âgées en matière d’héritage, de définir l’interconnexion entre les héritages environnementaux et matériels et de mettre en lumière la manière dont l’interaction entre les générations influence les héritages environnementaux. Les résultats mettront en lumière la dynamique des inégalités et contribueront à l’élaboration de stratégies efficaces de lutte contre la dégradation de l’environnement.
Objectif
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.
Mots‑clés
- 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
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Thème(s)
Appel à propositions
(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) ERC-2022-ADG
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