Descrizione del progetto
Analizzare le eredità materiali e ambientali dell’attualità
Con l’aumento dell’aspettativa di vita, le eredità assumono un’importanza senza precedenti in un mondo caratterizzato da disuguaglianza e degrado ambientale. Il progetto LEGACIES, finanziato dal CER, riconosce che tali trasmissioni vanno oltre le preoccupazioni postume delle persone anziane e dei loro eredi, prendendo atto del fatto che comprendono processi intergenerazionali dinamici in cui sono presenti dimensioni materiali e immateriali, come le eredità ambientali. Il progetto si propone di analizzare l’intreccio di eredità materiali e ambientali esistente tra diverse generazioni coesistenti, un compito da cui deriva la comprensione dei fattori che guidano le pratiche di creazione ereditaria delle generazioni più anziane, la definizione dell’interconnessione tra eredità ambientali e materiali e il chiarimento di come l’interazione generazionale influenzi le eredità ambientali. I risultati faranno luce sulle dinamiche relative alla disuguaglianza, contribuendo allo sviluppo di strategie efficaci per combattere il degrado ambientale.
Obiettivo
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.
Parole chiave
- 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
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Argomento(i)
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