社团名称：

The Problem Lab 问题研究所

社团介绍：

The Problem Lab 是一个以影像为研究媒介的学术实践社团，不同于其他社团的是，我们致力于对社会问题进行系统性的观察、记录与公共呈现，注重反映问题。我们视镜头为一种认识论工具——不仅用于捕捉表层现象，更用于透视结构性的社会困境，揭示被主流叙事所遮蔽的边缘经验。

在研究路径上，我们会综合运用纪实拍摄、深度访谈、参与式观察与影像叙事分析等方法，对教育公平、城市空间正义、代际文化冲突、环境变迁等议题展开调查与文本建构。每一部短片或摄影作品，均经历选题论证、实地采集、叙事编辑与同行评议四个环节，力求在视觉美学与社会学意义之间达成平衡。

社团定期举办议题工作坊、影像学术沙龙和公开展映会，邀请不同领域的人们参与对话，推动跨学科视角下的问题重构。我们致力于将研究成果转化为公共传播资源，使学术观察能够介入现实议题，引发实质性的社会讨论。

The Problem Lab 不追求给出简单答案，而是致力于将复杂问题视觉化、具象化，为社会认知的深化提供可靠的影像档案与批判性反思空间。
The Problem Lab is an academic practice community that uses images as a research medium. Unlike other clubs, we are committed to systematically observing, documenting, and publicly presenting social issues. We view the lens as an epistemological tool—not only to capture surface phenomena but also to perceive structural social predicaments and reveal marginalized experiences obscured by mainstream narratives.

In our research approach, we comprehensively employ methods such as documentary filming, in-depth interviews, participatory observation, and visual narrative analysis to investigate and construct textual accounts of issues including educational equity, urban spatial justice, intergenerational cultural conflicts, and environmental changes. Each short film or photographic work undergoes four stages: topic deliberation, field collection, narrative editing, and peer review, striving to balance visual aesthetics and sociological significance.

The club regularly hosts thematic workshops, visual academic salons, and public screening events, inviting people engage in dialogues, promoting interdisciplinary problem reframing. We are dedicated to transforming research outcomes into public communication resources, enabling academic observation to intervene in real-world issues and spark substantive social discussions.

The Problem Lab does not seek to provide simple answers, but rather to visualize and concretize complex issues, offering reliable visual archives and critical reflective spaces for deepening social understanding.

社团活动计划：

The Problem Lab 本学年以“流动的边界”（秋季）和“代际回响”（春季）两大主题推进研究，确保每学期至少产出两部纪实短片。秋季学期聚焦城市空间正义，同时拍摄拆迁社区《墙内墙外》与农贸市场《凌晨的菜场》，时长各5-10分钟，期间开展工作坊与内部评议，1月发表在公共账号并产出影作品与分析报告。春季学期转向家庭代际文化，完成《父亲的工具箱》（口述历史）与《餐桌上的分歧》（比较观察），3-5月入户拍摄，6月年度发布成果图册。每部视频均经选题、采集、编辑、评议四个环节，辅以定期社员培训与公共活动，确保学术深度与社会传播效果，全年视频不少于四部。
The Problem Lab will advance its research this academic year around two major themes: "Fluid Boundaries" in the fall and "Echoes of Generations" in the spring, ensuring that at least two documentary short films are produced each semester. The fall semester focuses on urban spatial justice, simultaneously filming two shorts—Inside and Outside the Walls (about a demolition community) and The Dawn Market (about a wholesale produce market)—each 5–10 minutes long. During this period, workshops and internal peer reviews are held, and in January the works are published on public platforms, accompanied by photographic works and an analytical report. The spring semester turns to intergenerational family culture, completing Father's Toolbox (oral history) and Divergence at the Dinner Table (comparative observation), with home-based filming from March to May, and an annual portfolio published in June. Each video undergoes four stages: topic selection, field collection, narrative editing, and peer review, supplemented by regular member training and public events, to ensure both academic rigor and social dissemination. No fewer than four videos are produced over the full year.

2026-2027学年社长副社长：胡馨淇Gloria，黄凯东Wilson(KC)，郑郁佳Annie(SP)