Valley of refuge: Karen L Donoghue & D Junisha Khongwir

On a neon blue background, a faint wave pattern runs down the right side. On top, in a yellow rectangle: Fringe & Geekery Below, the headline: Valley of refuge Below, a subhead: Tales of the Mizo diaspora in Happy Valley Next, the session date: 26th November, 2023 Next, in a circular window, a black-and-white portrait of the presenters with their names: Karen L Donoghue & D Junisha Khongwir And below that, a descriptor: Educators and co-authors Below, at centre, the logotype for The Goa Project Sessions, which has the words ‘The Goa Project’ in white text next to a stylised sunset-and-water image, and next to that, the word ‘Sessions’ within a stylised video camera image. In a black strip at the bottom: Once every four weeks on Sundays, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. IST, on Zoom.

Karen teaches in the Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication, NEHU Shillong. Her PhD is focused on media representations of Northeast India on mainstream Indian media and her research interests include media representation, media and gender, and oral history. She enjoys reading, playing the guitar and listening to music, loves long walks with her dogs and writes poetry occasionally.
Junisha is a Khasi woman born and brought up in Laitlyngkot, Meghalaya. She is an educator and a visual artist. She graduated from AJK Jamia Millia Islamia University. She’s an assistant professor at the Department of Mass Media, St Anthony’s College, Shillong. She is also the curator at the North East India AV Archive.

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