▁Franklin ▁Street ▁Ar ter ial ▁Committee ▁Port land M aine . gov ▁ ▁Category : St re ets ▁in ▁Port land , ▁Maine <0x0A> </s> ▁Fernando ▁Ort iz ▁Fernández ▁( 1 6 ▁July ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁– ▁ 1 0 ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 9 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Cub an ▁ess ay ist , ▁anth rop ologist , ▁eth nom us ic ologist ▁and ▁scholar ▁of ▁Af ro - C ub an ▁culture . ▁Ort iz ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁poly math ▁dedicated ▁to ▁expl oring , ▁recording , ▁and ▁understanding ▁all ▁aspects ▁of ▁ind igen ous ▁Cub an ▁culture . ▁Ort iz ▁co ined ▁the ▁term ▁" trans c ult uration ," ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁conver ging ▁cult ures . ▁ ▁Life ▁Ort iz ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Hav ana . ▁ ▁Dis ill usion ed ▁with ▁politics ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁period ▁of ▁Cub an ▁history ▁and ▁having ▁been ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁President ▁Ger ardo ▁Mach ado ' s ▁Liberal ▁Party , ▁and ▁a ▁Liberal ▁member ▁of ▁its ▁House ▁of ▁Representatives ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁he ▁became ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁national ist ▁civ ic ▁rev ival ▁movement . ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁life ▁Ort iz ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁foundation ▁of ▁institutions ▁and ▁journ als ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁Cub an ▁culture . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁c of ound er ▁of ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Academy ▁of ▁the ▁Language ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 . ▁He ▁also ▁founded