Mental Time Travel:An Interpretation of the Process of Audiences'Encounters with Urban Folk Songs
Music can guide audiences on a journey,with urban folk songs enabling them to"walk into"a tourist destination,travelling through musical time and space.However,the internal psychological processes require in-depth interpretation.Based on the theory of tourism encounters,this study employs the concept of mental time travel and applies proceduralized grounded theory to analyze music reviews of the song Chengdu on the NetEase Cloud Music platform across three levels.This analysis constructs a process model of mental time travel between audiences and urban folk songs.1.Urban folk songs work like a"triggers"for mental time travel;the present functions as the"anchor point,"while memory and self-act as the"machines,"allowing audiences to traverse subjective time,encompassing both the past and future.2.The audience's body is an"emotional interleaving field,"with accumulated subjective emotions acting as the"lubricant"for the mental time travel"machine."This process facilitates the audience's journey within the musical time-space travel,enabling them to"enter"the tourist destination across time and space.This research innovatively integrates the theory of tourism encounters with the concept of mental time travel to reveal the internal psychological process of the musical time-space journey experienced by listeners of urban folk songs.Additionally,it offers practical insights for tourism destination marketing organizations.
Theory of Tourism Encountersmental time travelurban folk songsproceduralized grounded theory