the first one was in 2020 at kingston university and i in 2020 at kingston university and the seconds in seoul_ pandemic and the third one was in seoul last— pandemic and the third one was in seoul last year and the third one was in _ seoul last year and the third one was in the — seoul last year and the third one was in the malaysia and the conferences for academics and fans for the _ conferences for academics and fans for the press conference, we had people _ for the press conference, we had people who had piano teachers and hehead _ people who had piano teachers and behead people like me, orderwomen and really— behead people like me, orderwomen and really diverse in its that we are not— and really diverse in its that we are not all— and really diverse in its that we are not all young girls who tend, and their— are not all young girls who tend, and their various types of people within— and their various types of people within the — and their various types of people within the bts army. and there's a lot of— within the bts army. and there's a lot of discussion of fandom and also a d

yes, so the first bts conference was in 2020 at kingston university.ther one this year. the conferences are open to academics as well as fans. for the first conference we had people from — as young as 12, music students who came with their piano teacher, and people like me, older women, their piano teacher, and people like me, olderwomen, mature women. so it's really diverse. and it is diverse — we aren't all young girls as people tend to think of phantoms as. and we have diverse genders and sexualities within our army. the subjects are really broad. there is a lot of discussion of fandom, but also bts as a brand, as a business, origins, the hype, and how bts and height by changing the music industry, notjust in korea, but in the us. you have the musicology, the performance, and my work is on emerging masculinity, so i am interested in the gender aspects. that's all for now. i will be back with business news shortly. thank you for watching the programme. hello. the weekend was a mixed bag. we saw some pretty heavy, thundery downpours across more wester

bts fan colette balmain, who's also a senior lecturer in media and communication from kingston universityload the online version. it really is interesting because it's not an ordinary— interesting because it's not an ordinary biography, its couplings at the end of chapters which take you through the early— chapters which take you through the early works and can look back— the early works and can look back on— the early works and can look back on their history as you're reading — back on their history as you're reading about it and it's very interesting and it's like an audiovisual experience reading the book— audiovisual experience reading the book in this example of transformative storytelling. fascinating. bts mostly sing in korean, why do you think they've managed to become so popular globally with a huge fan bases, especially in america, europe and asia? i think that music does not the same — think that music does not the same sort _ think that music does not the same sort of barriers in terms of geography and linguistics that other media does which needs— that other media does which

bts fan colette balmain, who's also a senior lecturer in media and communication from kingston universitythe kindle version, so i read it online. yeah, i mean it's really interesting, because it isn't an ordinary biography, it's got links at the end of chapters that take you to the early work so you can look back on the history as you are reading about it. so it's really interesting, it's like an audiovisual experience, reading the book, and it is an example of transmedia storytelling. fascinating. bts, of course, mostly sing in korea. why do you think that they have become so popular globally, with huge fan bases especially in europe, america, and asia? i think that music doesn't have the same sort of barriers in terms of geography or linguistics that film and media does, which needs to have some form of translation. and i think also that k—pop, which is where bts come from, it's very much audiovisual, so you have music videos, and you have associated videos that go with it. so it's notjust the music, it's a lot more than the music. but i also think that you can feel energised by music,

fellow queens institute for energy and environmental policy, school of policy studies, queens university, kingston, canada. he's also author of firestorm. how wildfire will shape our future. thanks for joining us. i want to start with the basics for our audience. what is they can control the burn and when is it effective to use? well, the control burn is something that we learn from indigenous people before just when we arrived here, it is essentially burning a forest. you should be in this shoulder season such as spring and fall when the spread of fire is not likely. and the idea is to remove excess fuel on the ground. so a lot of dead wood, a lot of really old trees that are highly combustible. and so what it does is it helps to regenerate the forest and it also reduces that fuel. so when the next fire comes sweeping through, it doesn't burn as intensely, and it's very interesting that it goes back to the indigenous people. but in the present there's everyone in the agriculture and the scientific community actually agree on its use. know for the longest time, and i think there's still a lot of p

a school of policy studies, queens university, kingston, canada. he's also author of firestorm. how wildfire will shape our future. thanks for joining us. okay, i want to start with the basics for our audience. what is they could have controlled burn, and when is it effective to use? a control burn is something that we learn from indigenous people before just when we arrived here, it is essentially burning a forest. you should be in this shoulder season such as spring and fall when the spread of fire is not likely. and the idea is to remove excess fuel on the ground. so a lot of deadwood, a lot of really old trees that are highly combustible. and so what it does is it helps to regenerate a forest and it also reduces that fuel. so when the next fire comes sweeping through, it doesn't burn as intensely, and it's very interesting that it goes back to the indigenous people. but in the present there's everyone in the agriculture and the scientific community actually agree on its use. know for the longest time, and i think there's still a lot of pushback. uh they didn't degree. you kn

queen's institute for energy and environmental policy school policy studies at the queen's university in kingston. canada is also author firestorm. how wildfire will shape our future. thanks for staying with us. you know, i wanna start off about your book because in firestorm, how wildfires will shape our future. you actually argue there is too much fuel on the ground to many people and assets to protect and there's no plan in place to deal with these changes. so what's been happening to the way people live near forest area is the big cause for concern is we have an aging population, you know, that doesn't like to live in, you know, congested cities. and they, you know, work. i'm is an issue where, you know, fresh air is an issue and so they're moving into these forest and environments. we've seen that in california. we see it in british columbia and alberta, and it's kind of a paradise for them. but the problem is, is that many of them are building houses, you know, out of logs, or would you know, cedar decks, cedar shapes, shingles, planting, ornamental cedars around their house. and all of thi

fellow queens, institute for energy and environmental policy, school of policy studies, queens university, kingston, canada. he's also author of firestorm. how wildfire will shape our future. thanks for joining us. okay, i want to start with the basics for our audience. what are they controlled, burn, and when is it effective to use? well, the control burn is something that we learn from indigenous people before. just when we arrived here, it is essentially burning a forest, usually in this shoulder season, such as spring and fall when the spread of fire is not likely. and the idea is to remove excess fuel on the ground. so a lot of dead wood, a lot of really old trees that are highly combustible. and so what it does is it helps regenerate a forest and it also reduces that fuel. so when the next fire comes sweeping through, it doesn't burn as intensely, and it's very interesting that it goes back to the indigenous people. but in the present there's everyone in the agriculture and the scientific community actually agree on its use. know for the longest time, and i think there's still a lot of pushba

kingston. he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island in portland, we haven't been ripped. he is a freelance journalist and in london we crossed the income mackenzie. he is a visiting lecturer at the law school of the university of westminster are a gentleman crosstalk roles in effect, that means you can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate nichol. i let me go to you. first of, you know, there's been a lot of, uh, there was a lot of talk about the ukraine. so the counter offensive. and now there's a whole lot of talk about the upcoming summit and bill this of the nato summit, of course. and, but it's quite peculiar and yeah, and i'm going to use that word. there seems to be a lot of double talk and ex, explaining what's going to happen there when nothing really much is going to happen . they're, they're going to throw a few bones to uh, to the ukrainians and other than that. and there's no membership in the cards. maybe no membership ever in the future. what are your thoughts as somebody to is approaching the right? i think the game is lowering expectatio

kingston. he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island in portland, we haven't been ripped. he is a freelance journalist and in london we crossed through the income mackenzie. he is a visiting lecturer at the law. school of the university of westminster are a gentleman. crosstalk roles in effect, that means you can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate nichol. i let me go to you. first of, you know, there's been a lot of, uh, there was a lot of talk about the ukraine. so got counter offensive. and now there's a whole lot of talk about the upcoming summit. and bill is the nato summit, of course. and, but it's quite peculiar and yeah, and i'm going to use that word. there seems to be a lot of double talk and ex, explaining what's going to happen there when nothing really much is going to happen . they're, they're going to throw a few bones to uh, to the ukrainians and other than that. and there's no membership in the cards. maybe no membership ever in the future. what are your thoughts as somebody to is approaching right. i think the game is lowering expectat

kingston. he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island in portland, we haven't been rip, he is a freelance journalist and in london we crossover a day in code mackenzie. he is a visiting lecturer at the law. school of the university of westminster are a gentleman. crosstalk roles and the fact that means you can jump any time you want . and i always appreciate nichol. i let me go to you. first of, you know, there's been a lot of, uh, there was a lot of talk about the ukraine. so got counter offensive. and now there's a whole lot of talk about the upcoming summit and build this of the nato summit, of course. and, but it's quite cute or i yeah, i'm going to use that word. there seems to be a lot of double talk and it's explaining what's going to happen there when nothing really much is going to happen. they're, they're going to throw a few bones the to the ukrainians and other than that, and there's no membership in the cards, maybe, and no membership ever in the future. what are your thoughts as somebody to is approaching right. i think the game is lowering expectation