Is there a mathematical formula for the most cohesive territorial shape a state can have? In the Czech literary magazine “Tvar”, our PI, Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska, explores this very question in her essay on postwar Polish efforts to conceptualize such a model.
The whole issue of the magazine, titled The Polish Ends of the World, is devoted to recent Polish literary attempts to answer the question about geographical and cultural scope of Poland as Central European state. Karolina engages with this theme as well, and mentions the work we are doing within the Spectral Recycling project!
A link to the full text you can find here.