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Cultural Preservation in the Romansh Landscape: a Geography of the Swiss -Romansh Movement.

The research explores the cultural landscape o f Romansh speakers in Switzerland. The fundamental question is whether small ethno-linguistic groups can create and protect a place (earthly and poetic) for their language to flourish. Swiss-Romansh have many advantages because o f their political stability and economic prosperity. Their efforts in promoting and protecting the Romansh language offer a possible model for other culture groups. The research elucidates four distinct geographic scales: national (Switzerland's multilingual federalism), regional (alpine canton of Grischun/Graubunden), local Romansh villages (yinscnanca or communes), and an imaginary Rhaetian ethnicity. I employ the term cultural preservation to discuss the Romansh situation. Cultural preservation includes elements of both historical preservation and cultural survival. Preservation focuses on cultural heritage and monument protection. Cultural survival includes politicized communication concerning identity and territory. The SwissRomansh promote cultural preservation in a variety of forms such as inscribing the language and ethno-vemacular styles into the landscape. In this dissertation, I elaborate specific themes concerning the Romansh. The first theme concerns the ethnographic past that suggests the ways Romansh construct identity and territory. Secondly, the unique political and social qualities o f Switzerland promote alpine regions and Romansh language. Landscape and place are the third theme which allows a thick description of various Romansh valleys and villages. The fourth theme identifies specific linguistic and landscape preservation components that exemplify cultural preservation. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of cultural preservation and