the cusp of new potentialities. While repair and reconstruction are automatic reflexes, the knowledge and practices of the disciplines need to be imbued with a deeper understanding of the effect of trauma on cities and their contingent realities. This issue will pursue this latter approach, using examples of post-traumatic urban conditions to rethink the agency of architecture and urbanism in the contemporary world. Post-traumatic urbanism demands of architects the mobilisation of skills, criticality and creativity in contexts in which they are not familiar. The post-traumatic is no longer the exception; it is the global condition. Contributors include: Andrew Benjamin Ole Bouman Tony Chakar Mark Fisher Christopher Hight Brian Massumi Todd Reisz Eyal Weizman Slavojiek Counterpoint critics: Jayne Merkel Craig Whitaker Encompasses: Urban conflict Reconstruction Infrastructure Development Climate change Public relations Population growth Film