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Benett Axtell, PhD

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Communications Lab in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University.

I research how families and communities socialize and learn across technologies. I use and adapt co-design methods to work with a range of groups and collaboratively propose novel technologies.

My research interests are in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction, Science and Technology Studies, and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.

See My Design Portfolio

CURRENT PROJECTS

All Projects
A drawing of a green astronaut floating space with the text 'Astronaut Gadget Design Activity Box. Play, have fun, and invent.'
Astronauts' Gadgets: Co-design activity boxes with preschoolers

Co-designing novel technologies with preschoolers so they can communicate independently with distant family

Regency dance card in form of an open fan with names written on each panel and a pencil attached by cord
Hybrid Working with Jane Austen

Looking to the works of Jane Austen and other past fictions and cultures to explore new possibilties to create digital social presense

  • Funded by a Sloan Foundation grant!
A family with young kids are gathered around a photo album
CrossRoads: Intergenerational Cultural Exchange

Designing new ways of preserving family storytelling and cultural heritage with immigrant grandparents and grandchildren

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

All Publications
A drawing of a green astronaut floating space with the text 'Astronaut Gadget Design Activity Box. Play, have fun, and invent.'
Bridges, Glitter, and *Spaceship Noises*:

Young Children’s Design Ideas for Communication Across Distance

The first slide of 'An Underdeveloped Metaphor: The Mismatched Designs and Motivations of Digital Picture Interactions'
An Underdeveloped Metaphor:

The Mismatched Designs and Motivations of Digital Picture Interactions

The first slide 'With a hint she will remember: Collaborative Storytelling and Culture Sharing between Immigrant Grandparents and Grandchildren Via Magic Thing Designs'
"With a hint she will remember":

Collaborative Storytelling and Culture Sharing between Immigrant Grandparents and Grandchildren Via Magic Thing Designs