Trinity and the Changing City | Racism and the City

Recorded December 5, 2019. A panel discussion as part of the
'Trinity and the Changing City' Series. Racist attacks in Dublin
have been in the news recently, and for the first time for decades
there is an organised far-right In Ireland. Yet racism is not a
preserve of the far right but an everyday experience for a growing
number of Dubliners. Considering the experiences of Dublin’s ethnic
minorities and travellers both in the labour market and everyday
life, and discussing the growth of the far right online in Ireland,
this session features Dr Eugenia Siapera, Professor of Information
and Communication Studies and head of the ICS School at UCD, Dr
Ebun Joseph of the Sociology Department in TCD and chair of AfSAI
(African Scholars Association Ireland), Bulelani Mfaco of MASI
(Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland) who is campaigning for the
right to work of asylum seekers,and David Joyce of the Irish Human
Rights and Equality Commission The session will be chaired by Dr
David Landy, Director of the Masters in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict,
Trinity College. Trinity and the Changing City is organised by the
Identities in Transformation research theme, led by Daniel Faas,
Department of Sociology, and is supported by the Trinity Long Room
Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Trinity College Dublin
has been a key witness, over many centuries, to Dublin’s
development into the cosmopolitan city it is today. This
multidisciplinary discussion series will look at the lived
experience of Dublin’s citizens through the prism of Trinity’s
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research. By drawing on
historical, cultural, linguistic, sociological and economic
perspectives, it will consider how we can understand a changing
Dublin and influence plans for the city’s future. Dublin has been
transformed by the economic crash, the austerity measures that
followed and recent improvements in aspects of the Irish economy,
as well as wider issues such as displacement and migration. The
city’s built environment and economic, demographic and linguistic
mix have all developed apace. But these changes, and their
relationship to issues around religion, the environment, poverty,
health, housing and governmental policy, have not generally been
well represented in the media or in public discourse. There is a
representative gap between the city in which Trinity resides, not
least in terms of language, race and class, and the images and
narratives of that city put forth in the broader culture. Trinity
and the Changing City will seek to address and interrogate this
gap, bringing internationally recognised scholars in the Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences, from Trinity and further afield,
together with key stakeholders and practitioners from across the
city. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/