A Quest University professor is exploring a topic that might be especially relevant in a town where mountain biking is a way of life.
Jeff Warren is looking into the relationship between music and mountain biking, and he鈥檒l be giving a talk on it too.
He鈥檒l be looking at how the riding community listens to music.
As a result, he鈥檚 been conducting interviews with mountain bikers and observing biking media, such as riding videos that have soundtracks.
鈥楢s somebody who鈥檚 a mountain biker myself... mountain biking was my way of getting away from work, but since I care about how we use music in our everyday lives,鈥� said Warren.
鈥淚 started thinking more and more...noticing how people used music when they go riding, and how music is paired with the flood of short form videos 鈥� the multimedia that comes out about biking.鈥�
While it鈥檚 too early in the research to draw conclusions, Warren hopes the findings may be of some use.
For example, the data could be used to paint a picture of how music might create or reflect diversity in the cycling community.
鈥淐oming at it from this music and mountain biking standpoint is what role does music have in creating or reflecting diversity within a mountain biking community?鈥�
Another potentially intriguing relationship would be whether or not music changes the way in which bikers view the spaces they ride in.
In a place like 麻豆社国产where there鈥檚 often been fierce debate about whether users show proper respect to trails, as well as who has the right to use the land, this potential link could be of great interest.
鈥淎nother thing... we鈥檙e tied up seemingly constantly these days in questions about land rights and mountain biking spaces,鈥� said Warren.
鈥淢y question would then be in what ways does music mediate the ways that mountain bikers think about the spaces they ride in?鈥�
Also of interest to Warren is how the right tune might be associated with 鈥榝low鈥� 鈥� also known as 鈥榯he zone,鈥� where actions seem to happen effortlessly.
鈥淢usic seems to play a role in how people relate to ideas of flow or their relationship between their bodies and the bikes,鈥� he said.
Warren will be giving two talks on the matter.
The first will be in Whistler at the Whistler Public Library on Jan. 9, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Warren will be coming to 麻豆社国产for the second talk.
On Jan. 17, he鈥檒l be speaking at the 麻豆社国产Public Library from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
鈥淢y hope is that those who attend the talk will develop some ways to think about the connections between music and mountain biking,鈥� wrote Warren in a follow-up email.
鈥淲hile they won鈥檛 leave the talk with all of the answers, they should come away with some better questions and some tools for working on these questions.鈥�
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