Dr Jes Hooper
@jeshooper.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Multispecies Ethnographer. Postdoctoral Researcher at University of York, and Founder of The Civet Project Foundation. Studying civets, coffee, pets, and poop. 🐈💩☕ Views my own. Sussex, UK
As a first gen student who self funded her PhD whilst working, it's moments like these that hit home how far I've come. I'm reading a chapter for a reading group on paid time. I'm not fitting it in on the commute to my day job. I'm reading it as my job. Wow! #AcademicSky #FirstGen #LittleThings
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As a first gen student who self funded her PhD whilst working, it's moments like these that hit home how far I've come. I'm reading a chapter for a reading group on paid time. I'm not fitting it in on the commute to my day job. I'm reading it as my job. Wow! #AcademicSky #FirstGen #LittleThings
And that's it from me in York for another month. Next time I'll be here will be for the Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Meeting where I'll be presenting my research on the colonial and patriarchal heritage value of #civetcoffee. See you in December! #TAG
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
And that's it from me in York for another month. Next time I'll be here will be for the Theoretical Archaeology Group Annual Meeting where I'll be presenting my research on the colonial and patriarchal heritage value of #civetcoffee. See you in December! #TAG
Yesterday I chaired a seminar for @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social at Kings Manor @york.ac.uk delivered by my lovely colleague Jafet Quintero about his edited book 'Tourism, heritage and commodification of non-human animals: a posthumanist reflection.' Great discussions were had by all!
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yesterday I chaired a seminar for @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social at Kings Manor @york.ac.uk delivered by my lovely colleague Jafet Quintero about his edited book 'Tourism, heritage and commodification of non-human animals: a posthumanist reflection.' Great discussions were had by all!
This week I delivered several samples of pre-digested coffee beans to the lab for microbial, chemical and fatty acid testing. This will feed into the #Humancoffee project - an art-science problematization of #civetcoffee and #naturecommodification Watch this space! 👀
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This week I delivered several samples of pre-digested coffee beans to the lab for microbial, chemical and fatty acid testing. This will feed into the #Humancoffee project - an art-science problematization of #civetcoffee and #naturecommodification Watch this space! 👀
I've never been more excited to sit in a car park. Cabin fever has been setting in with the post-op recovery. Today I got to read a chapter in the car whilst my partner walked the dog after my doctors apt. So nice to see autumn shades! #AcademicSky #Reading #Recovery
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've never been more excited to sit in a car park. Cabin fever has been setting in with the post-op recovery. Today I got to read a chapter in the car whilst my partner walked the dog after my doctors apt. So nice to see autumn shades! #AcademicSky #Reading #Recovery
October 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Finally, after 14 months of chronic pain and mobility issues I've had the metal removed ❤️🩹 1 day post surgery and I'm already in less pain than before the op. #DogStrike #Trauma #ThanksNHS
October 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Finally, after 14 months of chronic pain and mobility issues I've had the metal removed ❤️🩹 1 day post surgery and I'm already in less pain than before the op. #DogStrike #Trauma #ThanksNHS
I had the best time at the Asia for Animals Conference 2025 this past week. I spoke about #civetcoffee and the work of #TheCivetProjectFoundation to work with large tourism providers to stop the promotion and sale of civet coffee tours. #kopiluwak #civets #conservation #animalwelfare
August 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I had the best time at the Asia for Animals Conference 2025 this past week. I spoke about #civetcoffee and the work of #TheCivetProjectFoundation to work with large tourism providers to stop the promotion and sale of civet coffee tours. #kopiluwak #civets #conservation #animalwelfare
Yesterday we had a VIP guest in the office. Respect for her presence must be paid with head scratches. #CatsofAcademia
August 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yesterday we had a VIP guest in the office. Respect for her presence must be paid with head scratches. #CatsofAcademia
Yesterday I met an Elephant hawk moth caterpillar. I was immediately taken back to my lectures on Batesian mimicry- look at those magnificent "eyes"! #SussexWalks #NatureSky
August 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Yesterday I met an Elephant hawk moth caterpillar. I was immediately taken back to my lectures on Batesian mimicry- look at those magnificent "eyes"! #SussexWalks #NatureSky
Just found #CatsofAcademia and now must, naturally, introduce Poe- my office manager. She is particularly concerned with staff wellbeing. She will stop my screen use by walking in front of my screen every hour and onto my keyboard if I haven't stood up and walked around in a while. 10/10 recommend.
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just found #CatsofAcademia and now must, naturally, introduce Poe- my office manager. She is particularly concerned with staff wellbeing. She will stop my screen use by walking in front of my screen every hour and onto my keyboard if I haven't stood up and walked around in a while. 10/10 recommend.
It's official! I am over the moon to start my postdoc at @york.ac.uk as part of the Anthropocene Encounters project. My focus: multispecies heritage with civets as the species entry point (of course). Who else should I be connecting with here? #heritage #multispecies www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...
August 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's official! I am over the moon to start my postdoc at @york.ac.uk as part of the Anthropocene Encounters project. My focus: multispecies heritage with civets as the species entry point (of course). Who else should I be connecting with here? #heritage #multispecies www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/...
July 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Really enjoying my latest read- Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Her writing is thoughtful and poignant and is helping me better consider the capital roots of my cultural upbringing and why I've always felt out of place within it. Highly recommend. #reading #AcademicSky #Decolonise
July 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Really enjoying my latest read- Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Her writing is thoughtful and poignant and is helping me better consider the capital roots of my cultural upbringing and why I've always felt out of place within it. Highly recommend. #reading #AcademicSky #Decolonise
Writing, reading, and accompanied by Po my cat colleague. Now this is a work-life balance I can get behind! #multispecies #academicsky #ethnography #writing
July 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Writing, reading, and accompanied by Po my cat colleague. Now this is a work-life balance I can get behind! #multispecies #academicsky #ethnography #writing
Revisiting some of my favourite multisited #multispecies ethnographies, this time for inspiration in narrative non-fiction. What a joy to return to this one by Kathryn Gillespie! #reading
June 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Revisiting some of my favourite multisited #multispecies ethnographies, this time for inspiration in narrative non-fiction. What a joy to return to this one by Kathryn Gillespie! #reading
Finally the perfect weather for an outside office! Writing my book and draining the swelling from my injured leg (multitasking warrior over here 💪). #AcademicSky
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Finally the perfect weather for an outside office! Writing my book and draining the swelling from my injured leg (multitasking warrior over here 💪). #AcademicSky
The last event of the civet season was a lovely CPD delivery with the team at 'Population Matters'. I led a one day program all about Distant Nature Encounters in the Anthropocene. And, of course, civets were the species entry point. #multispecies #workshop #MTHjustice #academicsky
April 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The last event of the civet season was a lovely CPD delivery with the team at 'Population Matters'. I led a one day program all about Distant Nature Encounters in the Anthropocene. And, of course, civets were the species entry point. #multispecies #workshop #MTHjustice #academicsky
I had such a blast delivering Civet Ambassador Training at Newquay Zoo and University this week. Traveling around educating about civets is always fun! #charity #conservation #civets
April 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I had such a blast delivering Civet Ambassador Training at Newquay Zoo and University this week. Traveling around educating about civets is always fun! #charity #conservation #civets
I recently gave a seminar for Oxford Brookes PhD and MSc students (conservation, biosciences and anthropology courses) about my research into human-civet relations. It was brilliant and I loved revisiting my old haunts from my decade-ago (!) MSc days. #Oxford #Seminar #Lecturer
April 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
March 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's official! This August I'll be heading to Taipei to present at the AfA 2025 conference on all things high impact research for animals in tourism. #conference #civetcoffee #animals
March 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's official! This August I'll be heading to Taipei to present at the AfA 2025 conference on all things high impact research for animals in tourism. #conference #civetcoffee #animals
A great time was had by all at the Socio-Oceanography Conference 2025. I was there to bring the more-than-human (MTH) perspective to a transdisciplinary exploration of coastal speculative futures. #morethanhuman #multispecies #transdisciplinary
February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A great time was had by all at the Socio-Oceanography Conference 2025. I was there to bring the more-than-human (MTH) perspective to a transdisciplinary exploration of coastal speculative futures. #morethanhuman #multispecies #transdisciplinary
Apparently it was valentine's day recently. We don't do valentine's. We do, however, go on little family outings to the town where we met. It's pretty great 🥰 #family
February 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Apparently it was valentine's day recently. We don't do valentine's. We do, however, go on little family outings to the town where we met. It's pretty great 🥰 #family