McGregor, DeborahMcCoy, Mariah2021-06-252021-06-252020Major Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York Universityhttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38372Rural secondary homes (RSH) are experiencing an influx of homeowners, recreationalists, tourists, ideas, and threats. Cottage, cabin, and sitios are some of the fastest growing land tenure types in the world and are woefully under analyzed. This research looks are at RSH region in northern Ontario, Canada, as well as a RSH region outside of São Paulo, Brazil, and begins to map the emerging efforts and desires for sustainable, just, futures. Ethnographic interviews carried out in each community with key informants comprise the data, and ultimately place RSH regions in the Global North and Global South into conversation with each other. This paper also trains a critical eye on the neo-liberal style development in these regions, as the houses grow more extravagant and the communities more insular and tracks the loses this separating creates. Marx’s metabolic rift serves as starting lens by which to evaluate the information gathered in the interviews, asking whether certain themes aid in repairing the rift between centers and peripheries, or worsen it. Finally, this research outlines suggestions for further research in RSH regions globally, as their potential for alternative world building, interdisciplinary agri-food justice, sovereignty, and community building is only beginning to manifest.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Rural secondary homes (RSH)The metabolic riftSolidarityFood sovereigntyEcotourismNeo-liberalismCenters and peripheriesPluriverseMajor paper