Journal Article

\You're like a vegetarian in leather shoes\: Cognitive Disconnect and Ecogrief in Stacey Gregg's Override

Savi, Melina Pereira, Fernandes, Alinne Balduino P

2023

Overview

In this article, we analyse how Northern Irish playwright Stacey Gregg's Override (2013) can be read through the lens of the Anthropocene, a term from the geological sciences that has been appropriated by the humanities to question issues of human exceptionalism. Firstly, we examine the ways in which the play, by means of Vi and Mark's failed attempt to escape technological misuse, challenges the nature/culture dichotomy, which is central to the instrumentalisation of nature for human domination Secondly, we consider how ecogrief comes with the loss of social and humanistic elements that were once grounding and grounded, but are now unstable and murky, such as the idea of what entails a human being. Ultimately, we contend that that derives from the cognitive disconnect resulting from not being able to understand one's role in the development of an ongoing catastrophe. Key Words. Anthropocene, Nature/Culture dichotomy, Ecogrief, Stacey Gregg, Override. En ese articulo, analizamos como se puede leer Override (2013), una obra escrita por la dramaturga norirlandesa Stacey Gregg, a traves del concepto del Antropoceno, un termino de las ciencias geologicas del que se han apropiado las humanidades para reflexionar sobre el excepcionalismo humano. Al examinar la tentativa frustrada de Vi y Mark de apartarse de los malos usos de la tecnologia, primeramente, investigamos la manera como esa obra teatral desafia la dicotomia naturaleza/cultura, central para la instrumentalizacion de la naturaleza para la dominacion humana. En segun lugar, consideramos como el eco-duelo viene acompanado de la perdida de elementos sociales y humanisticos que antano tenian fundamento y base y ahora son inestables y turbios, asi como la idea de lo que supone ser humano. En ultima instancia, sostenemos que eso se deriva de la desconexion cognitiva resultante de no poder comprender el propio papel en el desarrollo de una catastrofe en curso. Palabras clave. Antropoceno, Dicotomia naturaleza/cultura, Eco-duelo, Stacey Gregg, Override.

• Publisher: AEDEI,Dra. Rosa Gonzalez on behalf of AEDEI
• Subject: Dramatists / Geology / Nature / Stratigraphy / Virtual reality