ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses key considerations arising since the agreement regarding the heritage sector's engagement with migrant and ethnic minority communities. It deals with the practical question of how access to heritage services has been shaped by the wider objectives of the peace process. The chapter considers the impact that increasing levels of diversity have had on the representation of identities in the wider public space. It focuses on fieldwork conducted as part of a project on migrant diversity in the cultural sector of Northern Ireland's post-conflict environment, funded by the British Academy. The chapter also focuses on a series of interviews conducted with heritage practitioners, migrant community representatives and individual migrants. It provides a conceptual discussion on the recognition of minorities in multicultural societies and considers how this might be applicable to the circumstances of a diversifying Northern Ireland since the 1998 Agreement.
