> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Susan Luckman]] > Reference:: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13678779221102505 > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft is growing in popularity]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > This article explores how expertise is portrayed in craft reality competition TV shows. Viewers are drawn to these shows to observe expertise and feel connected to the community of practice. ### Highlights >The third wave ‘renaissance of craft’ across much of the Global North ([Luckman, 2015](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13678779221102505#bibr19-13678779221102505): 18)[1](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13678779221102505#fn1-13678779221102505) has been accompanied by an explosion in reality television programming foregrounding craft and making practices. >However, while competitors are clearly positioned as talented, and sometimes even as professionals, it is the judges who remain the programs’ unequivocal, unassailable, experts.