At the heart of the Hibernian post-metropolis: Spatial narratives of ethnic minorities and diasporic communities in a changing city

This article begins by positing some theoretical and methodological issues in relation to 'remapping' Dublin's changing ethnic landscape from the viewpoint of its racialized 'others'. 'Mapping' here is an attempt to chart imaginary moments--sketched by racialized members--of the city as human landscape, ever changing to accommodate and encapsulate their shifting spatial needs and desires. The article posits 'minority discourse' as a methodological route and historicizes the racialization of the city through the transition from the gaze of 'the Jew Bloom', Joyce's Hibernian metropolitan other, to the postmetropolis gaze of the 'new Dubliners'. The article argues that no re-mapping project can be undertaken without considering racial harassment and racialization processes, and juxtaposes racialized ethnic populations and Ireland's emerging multiculturalism, based, as I argue, on a degree of disavowal, and, rather than on a 'politics of recognition', on the more appropriate 'politics of interrogation'. The article concludes with a reflection on some methodological issues involved in mapping the city from the viewpoint of its racialized minorities.