Document:Q16224

La Sección Amarilla de la Migración is a transnational project conceived by Minerva Cuevas in collaboration with the Rubin Center at the University of Texas-El Paso. It aims to serve as both a practical and cultural guide for migrants navigating the US-Mexico border, framing migration as a natural phenomenon that connects humans and non-human species through their shared movement across ecosystems.

At the heart of the project is a bilingual, two-hundred-page publication, developed through an open call for contributions from artists, writers, activists, and organizations on both sides of the border. The book puts together a mixture of visual and literary art alongside practical resources, providing solidarity, guidance, and comfort for migrants in transit serving as both a cultural intervention and a practical resource. Distributed for free at key locations across the Americas and online, the publication seeks to build a sense of community while offering travelers essential information and a cultural connection to the ecosystems they move through.

This project places at the forefront of the conversation the necessity of recognizing migration as part of broader social and environmental systems, inviting ongoing dialogue between regional and international contributors. The project emerges as a form of resisting the artificial borders imposed by human policies. It acknowledges that borders are continually redefined by natural forces, with the Chihuahua desert symbolizing a place where human-imposed divisions are reshaped by the movements of both human and non-human life seeking survival.