工口影院

Citation

Robertson T (2024) Creating our legacy. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 15 (4), pp. 433-434. https://doi.org/10.1332/17579597y2024d000000031

Abstract
First paragraph: What do we want our legacy to be? Who gets to decide? How do you even measure such a thing? Watching people discuss and dissect the legacies of incoming and outgoing political figures, most notably in the United States, how our words, actions and experiences reverberate beyond our own little bodily stratospheres is a heavy philosophical concept. How can such people talk about their role as bastions of freedom and democracy, yet they can ignore and more often directly support genocidal and imperial actions on their own shores and beyond? This cognitive dissonance impacts our views of others and their legacy, but for others they remain blind (consciously or unconsciously) to these jarring realities. Our legacies most prominently remain in the stories others tell about us. Some of us might be lucky enough to leave a version of our own stories behind, either in words, audio or video recordings, or art. Or for the many who contribute to the studies that make longitudinal and life course research possible, the data they leave behind. Albeit anonymous, hopefully those involved feel the importance of the legacy they will leave behind.

Journal
Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: Volume 15, Issue 4