On the Intersection of Theory and Praxis
He has taught B.A. and M.A. courses at UdK Berlin, HTW University of Applied Sciences Berlin, and the University of Potsdam. From 2020-23 he held a graduate stipend from the German Department at Princeton University, where he currently completes the M.A. program. Since March 2023, Konstantin has been a Professor of Design Management at HAWK – University of Applied Science and Arts in Hildesheim.
Situated at the interdisciplinary nexus of aesthetics, media culture, design, and economics/strategy, his research looks into the connections of various epistemologies and materialities that constitute objects of modernity, such as “entrepreneurship,” “interfaces,” and current design and creative dispositifs.
Konstantin Haensch also has a particular interest in the Chinese and East-Asian histories of media and economics. In this context, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong anthropology department as part of a research project on urban ethnography and cultural geography and presented a paper at the Crossroads Cultural Studies conference at Shanghai University.
Outside academia, he worked as a designer, tech startup founder, branding executive in a digital platform company, and independent strategy consultant. He is the founder and co-editor of the 8-volume book series texturen (Berlin), ‘Uncanny Issues’ (Hamburg), and co-editor of Genealogy of Media-Thinking (Berlin).
Editorial Work
Book Series “texturen. Buchreihe für texturale Artikulationen”








Genealogy of Media Thinking
Uncanny Issues


Writing
- “Unbehagliche Konjunktur der kreativen Tech-Entrepreneurship.” Hamburg: 2022. In: Uncanny Entrepreneurship
- “From ‘Interfacing Objects’ to ‘Interface Things’? Material-Strategic Notes on the Smart Speaker Design.” Heidelberg: 2021. In: Interface Critique Journal
- “Das Ungeheuerliche der Metropole – Stimmungsskizze zu Platons Höhlengleichnis als Allegorie auf die Großstadt.” Berlin 2019. In: Ästhetik & Kommunikation
- “Einleitend: Aspekte des Material Turn,” mit Düllo, Thomas. Berlin: 2019. In: texturen Nr. 4 – Dingen. Buchreihe für texturale Artikulationen
- “Nach dem Unheimlichen. Das ‘Nicht ganz Geheure’ der Interface-Dinge.” Hamburg: Textem: 2019. In: Uncanny Interfaces
- “Die unheimliche Wiederholung im Computerspiel.” Münster, Berlin, Wien, Zürich, London: 2018. In: Was erzählt Pop?
- “The Magic Interface. Media-Archaeological Notes Based on F. W. Murnau’s ‘Faust’ (1926).” Berlin: 2016. In: Interface Critique
- Lemmata: “Neuland / new land / terra novo, magisch / magic / mágico, Masse / mass(es) / massa, Atlas / atlas / atlas.” Minneapolis: 2015. In: Flusseriana. Ein Werkzeugkasten aus Wörtern und Begriffen
- “‘Verwende diese kritische Fähigkeit, der wir das Wort sprechen, gegen uns selbst.’ Das Berliner Gespräch von Harun Farocki mit Vilém Flusser.” Berlin: 2015. In: Bodenlos – Vilém Flusser und die Künste
- “Crossmapping – Eine Methode,” with Düllo, Thomas; Kuka, Daniela. Berlin: 2015. In: texturen Nr.2 – Spielen. Buchreihe für texturale Artikulationen
- “Take the M-Train: Massenhaftes, mobiles, Medienhandeln.” Berlin: 2015. In: Forum zur Genealogie des Mediendenkens. Bd. 2.
- Lemma: “Manifest / manifest.” Oldenburg: 2014. In: AnArchive(s) – Archaeology & Variantology of Arts & Media
- “Produktionen im kulturellen Als-Ob.” Berlin 2014. In: Ästhetik & Kommunikation
- “Vermessungen eines zerfallenden Lands.” Berlin: 2013. In: Protocol. Architektur im Kontext
- “Das moderne Dispositiv der Zeit; Kommentar zu Peter Weibel.” Berlin: 2013. In: Forum zur Genealogie des Mediendenkens.
- “Vom auktorialen Wohnen.” Berlin: 2013. In: texturen Nr.1 – Wohnen. Buchreihe für texturale Artikulationen
Conferencing
- Workshop Participation: “Boundary Project,” 2022, at: Berlin University of the Arts, Germany and University of Oxford, England
- Conference Organization: “Akustische Interfaces Konferenz,” 2022, at: Medientheater, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
- Conference Moderation: “Panel 3 – Utopia and Idyll Today,” 2021, at: Idyll and Utopia Conference, Princeton University, USA
- Conference Presentation: “‘Smart Home’, ‘Home Automation’ und ‘Shy-Tech:’ Neue Interface-Räume des alltäglichen Unheimlichen und medialen Horrors,” 2021, at: Tagung Horror Medien Räume, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
- Conference Presentation (postponed): “‘Interfacing Spaces:’ Impacts of the Customer-Centricity Paradigm in Technological and Cultural Environments,” 2020, at: Crossroads in Cultural Studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Lecture: “Materialität der Medien und Medialität der Dinge. Transformationen der Dingwelt im Ubiquitären Computing,” 2019, at: Ringvorlesung zu aktuellen Fragen der Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation, Berlin University of the Arts Berlin, Germany
- Conference Presentation: “Von der Materialität digitaler Medien zu der Digitalität alltäglicher Materialität am Beispiel von Smart Speakern,” 2019, at: Jahrestagung der Sektion Medien- und Kommunikationssoziologie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, University of Gießen, Germany
- Conference Presentation: “Interface-Dinge. Normalisierungen von datafizierter Materialität,” 2019, on the panel “Materialitäten des Interfaces” at: GfM Jahrestagung 2019 “Medien-Materialitäten,” University of Cologne, Germany
- Conference Presentation: “From Unfamiliar to Familiar. Processes of Normalization through TV/Web-Video Content on the Example of Smart Speakers,” 2019, at: Fourth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies – The Future of Democracy in the Digital Age, University of Bonn, Germany
- Participation: “ACS Summer Institute 2019 – The Future of Publics,” 2019, at: Association for Cultural Studies Summer Institute 2019, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
- Conference Presentation: “‘Echoes’ in our ‘Home.’ Aspects of the Uncanny of a new Class of Everyday Objects,” 2018, at: Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference 2018, Shanghai University, China
- Presentation: “Das Unheimliche der Schnittstelle,” 2017, at: 3. Promotionskolloquium der Fakultät Gestaltung, Berlin Centre for Advanced Studies in Arts and Sciences, Berlin, Germany
- Conference Presentation: “The Magical Interface – Objects in Cinema as Foreshadowing of Modern Interaction Technology,” 2014, at: Interface Critique Conference, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
- Exhibition: “Bilder von Einheimischen,” 2014, at: Festival Steirischer Herbst, Institut des Steierischen Herbstes, Schaumfabrik Graz and Vienna, Austria