Fernando Ortiz Fernández (16 July 1881 – 10 April 1969) was a Cuban essayist , anthropologist , ethnomusicologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous Cuban culture.Ortiz has been called the "third discoverer of Cuba", after Christopher Columbus and Alexander von Humboldt . A title first given to him by his secretary Rubén Martínez Villena and later echoed and published by Juan Marinello . Ortiz is widely recognized as a pioneering figure in postcolonial Latin American thought, as well as a foundational voice in African American anthropology. One of Ortiz's most influential contributions is his coining of the term " transculturation ," which describes the complex process of cultural convergence and exchange.
23-400: This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Ortiz (disambiguation) . Ortiz ( pronounced [oɾˈtiθ] ) is a Spanish-language patronymic surname meaning "son of Orti". "Orti" seems to be disputed in meaning, deriving from either Basque , Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong", or Latin fortunius meaning "fortunate". Officials of
46-551: A law degree at the University of Barcelona in 1900. In 1901 he received his title of Doctor of Law at the Central University of Madrid with a thesis on penal law that was later published in the journal Derecho y Sociología. In 1902 he returned to Habana and received the title of Doctor of Civil Law and Doctor of Public Law. Disillusioned with politics in the early period of Cuban history and having been
69-424: A member of President Gerardo Machado 's Liberal Party , and a Liberal member of its House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922, he became active in the early nationalist civic revival movement. Throughout his life Ortiz was involved in the foundation of institutions dedicated to the study of Cuban culture. In 1907 he became member of Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Cuba (Economic Societies of Friends of
92-502: A new culture that incorporates elements from each. In the introduction of the book the renowned Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942) wrote the introduction supporting Ortiz's concept His correspondence with Bronisław Malinowski shows they had numerous debates around the concept of transculturation and how it was being received within American anthropology. This led to disputes between Oritz and Melville Herskovits
115-592: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ortiz&oldid=1258180261 " Categories : Surnames Patronymic surnames Spanish-language surnames Surnames of Colombian origin Surnames of Puerto Rican origin Hidden categories: Pages with Spanish IPA Articles with short description Short description
138-487: A theory of activism within Cuba's political system. He said that Afro-Cubans had been characterized negatively based on their African descent, and traits said to be "primitive." He wanted to show the true nature of their culture: its language, music and other arts. His books, La Africania de la Musica Folklorica de Cuba (1950), and Los Instrumentos de la Musica Afrocubana (1952 - 1955) are still regarded as key references in
161-756: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ortiz (disambiguation) Ortiz is a Spanish-language surname. Ortiz may also refer to: Fernando Ortiz Fern%C3%A1ndez Ortiz was born in Havana . He was son of Don Rosendo Ortiz y Zorrilla and Doña Josefa Fernández y González del Real. When he was two years old he moved with her mother to Menorca where he spent most of his youth. He also completed his primary and secondary studies and obtained his high school diploma in 1895. That year, he relocated to Havana where he began studying law. Four years later, in 1899, he returned to Spain , this time to Barcelona , where he completed his studies and earned
184-1923: The Spanish Inquisition in Toledo, Spain , wrote in the 1590s that "this surname Ortiz, although they have few sanbenitos , is in this city a very converso lineage and surname". People [ edit ] Aaron Ortiz (born 1991), U.S. politician, Illinois state Representative Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz (born 1952), president of Ecuador 1996–1997 Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), Ecuadorian novelist, poet and diplomat Aldo Ortiz (a.k.a. Ricky Santana) (born 1960), Mexican professional wrestler Alfonso Ortiz (1939–1998), Native American cultural anthropologist Alfredo Ortiz, American businessman; president and CEO of Job Creators Network since 2014 Álvaro Ortiz (footballer) (born 1978), Mexican football player Ana Alicia Ortiz (born 1956), Mexican-American actress Bernardo Ortiz de Montellano (1899–1949), Mexican writer and Contemporáneos magazine founder Beto Ortiz (born 1978), Peruvian-American journalist, TV personality, and writer Carlos Ortiz (boxer) (1936–2022), Puerto Rican boxer Carlos Julián Ortiz (born 1974), Cuban freestyle wrestler Celso Ortiz (born 1989), Paraguayan football player Claudette Ortiz (born 1981), American soul singer Claudia Ortiz (born 1981), Peruvian beauty pageant winner Daniel Ortiz (disambiguation) , multiple people Danny Ortiz (1976–2004), Guatemalan football player Darwin Ortiz (born 1948), American gambler, magician, and author David Ortiz (born 1975), Dominican baseball player Deborah Ortiz (born 1957), American politician, state senator from California Desiree Ortiz , Venezuelan television host Dianna Ortiz (1958–2021), American Roman Catholic nun kidnapped and tortured by
207-521: The 2004 Olympics Juan Laurentino Ortiz (1896–1978), Argentine poet Junior Ortiz (born 1959), Puerto Rican baseball catcher Joell Ortiz (born 1980), American rapper John Ortiz (born 1969), American actor and co-founder of LAByrinth Theater Company Jorge Ortiz (Argentine footballer) (born 1984) Jorge Ortiz (Spanish footballer) (born 1992) José Ortiz (disambiguation) , numerous individuals Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (a.k.a. La Corregidora) (1768–1829), conspirator and supporter of
230-459: The American anthropologist that coined the term acculturation. The concept of transculturation that Ortiz developed resonates with the principles of British functionalism , which Malinowski himself helped pioneer. Malinowski was not only a personal friend but also an admirer of Ortiz's work. The letters published between Malinowski and Ortiz as part of a 2002 edition of Cuban Counterpoints, by Enrico Mario Santí , show that Malinowski commented
253-598: The American television series Fear the Walking Dead See also [ edit ] Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli , comet discovered in 1970 References [ edit ] ^ Linda Martz, A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo: Assimilating a Minority (2003), pp. 78-79. [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Ortiz . If an internal link intending to refer to
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#1732766258917276-694: The Bank of Mexico Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia (born 1941), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (born 1980), Cuban boxer Héctor Ortiz (disambiguation) , multiple people Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (born 1950), governor of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala Héctor Herrera Ortiz (born 1959), Cuban Olympic medalist (1992) in the 800 meters Hilda Clayton (1991–2013), née Ortiz, American U.S. Army combat photographer Ismael Ortiz (born 1982), Panamanian swimmer in
299-790: The Country), the he eventually led in 1923. He was the cofounder of the Cuban Academy of the Language in 1926 and the cofounder of the Sociedad de Folklore Cubano (1928). In 1937 he founded the Sociedad de Estudios Afrocubanos (Society of Afro-Cuban Studies) and the journal Estudios Afrocubanos ( Afro-Cuban Studies ). He was president of the History Academia of Cuba and the Cuban-Soviet Institute (1945). He
322-827: The Guatemalan defense forces in 1989 Diego Ortiz (c. 1510–1580), Spanish composer and music theorist Diogo Ortiz de Villegas (1457–1519), Spanish-Portuguese theologian and astronomer Domingo Antonio Ortiz (1832-1889), Paraguayan naval officer and supreme court judge Domingo Ortiz , American musician Elín Ortiz (1934–2016), Puerto Rican actor, comedian and producer Emmanuel Ortiz (born 1974), Chicano/Puerto Rican/Irish-American activist and poet Enrique Ortiz (disambiguation) , multiple people Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy (a.k.a. Enrique Bunbury), (Born 1967), Spanish singer-songwriter Eulalio Martín Gutiérrez Ortiz (1881–1939), president of Mexico 1914–1915 Félix Ortiz (born 1959), American politician in
345-769: The Mexican War of Independence Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), Puerto Rican author Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz (born 2005), Princess of Asturias Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (born 1972), Queen of Spain Lisa Ortiz (born 1974), American voice actress Lucas Ortíz (born 1999), Uruguayan footballer Ludwig Ortiz (born 1976), Venezuelan judoka Luis Ortiz (disambiguation) , multiple people Manuel Ortiz de Zárate (1887–1946), Chilean artist Manuel Antonio Ortiz (fl. 1840–1841), president of Paraguay 1840–1841 Marisela Escobedo Ortiz (1958–2010), Mexican social activist, killed while protesting
368-527: The New York Assembly Fernando Ortiz Fernández (1881–1969), Cuban essayist, ethnomusicologist, and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture Fernando Ortiz Arana (born 1944), Mexican politician and legislator Francisco Ortiz Franco (1954–2004), Mexican journalist Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1848–1921), Spanish artist Gerardo Ortiz (born 1989), Mexican singer Guillermo Ortiz Martínez (born 1948), governor of
391-633: The institute, along with other renowned anthropologists like Melville Herskovits . Ortiz also dedicated a significant part of his life to founding, editing, and contributing to academic journals. He resumed the publication of Revista Bimestre Cubana in 1910, serving as its director until 1959, the year the Cuban Revolution began. He also edited Revista de administración teórica y práctica del Estado, la provincia y el municipio (1912) and Boletín de Legislación (1929). In 1924, he founded Revista Archivos del Folklore Cubano . Additionally, he
414-491: The most relevant products form Cuba that have entered the daily life of cubans. In this work, he proposes the concept of transculturation as a phenomena that is more appropriate than acculturation to describe how cultures converge and merge, without removing some of the original aspects of the original cultures. The concept provided a more appropriate way to explain the merging of cultures in Cuba, from Spanish colonialism to Indigenous communities and Afro-Cubans, resulting in
437-2070: The murder of her daughter Martha Ortiz , Mexican chef Oliver Ortíz (born 1993), Mexican footballer Omar Ortiz (born 1976), Mexican football (soccer) player Opie Ortiz (contemporary), American tattoo artist and musician Ortiz (wrestler) (born 1991), American professional wrestler Oscar Alberto Ortiz (born 1953), Argentine football player, and winner of the 1978 World Cup Óscar Ortiz (El Salvador) (born 1961), Salvadoran politician Óscar Ortiz (tennis) (born 1973), Mexican tennis player Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877–1963), president of Mexico 1930–1932 Paul Ortiz (historian) (born 1964), American history professor and author Paul Ortiz (musician) , British guitarist and musician Pedro Ortiz Dávila (a.k.a. Davilita) (1912–1986), Puerto Rican popular singer Ramón Ortiz (born 1973), Dominican baseball player Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz (1898–1959), Argentine writer, journalist, essayist, and poet Ricky Ortiz or Richard Young, American professional wrestler Richard Ortiz (born 1990), Paraguayan footballer Roberto María Ortiz (1886–1942), president of Argentina 1938–1942 Russ Ortiz (born 1974), American baseball player Shalim Ortiz (born 1979), Puerto Rican/Dominican-American singer and actor Solomon P. Ortiz (born 1937), US Representative from Texas Stalin Ortiz (born 1981), Colombian basketball player Telma Ortiz Rocasolano (born 1973), sister of Letizia, Queen of Spain Tito Ortiz (born 1975), American mixed martial arts fighter Tony Ortiz , American sportscaster and sports talk show host Vergil Ortiz Jr. (born 1998), American boxer Victor Ortiz (born 1987), American boxer Víctor Manuel Ortiz (1965–2021), Puerto Rican politician Xavier Ortiz (1962/72–2020), Mexican actor and singer Yolanda Ortiz Espinosa (born 1978), Cuban diver Yñigo Ortiz de Retez (fl. 1545), Spanish maritime explorer Fictional characters [ edit ] Liza Ortiz , in
460-693: The structure of the book, proposed ideas and concepts that influenced the book. After Ortiz's death the government established the Fernando Ortiz Foundation , on September 1995. Its main objectives are the study and dissemination of the life and work of Fernando Ortiz, as well as the development of academic research on Cuban cultural identity. It has also published images, documents and reprints of Ortiz's work and devoted itself to studies of ethnology, sociology and Cuba's popular traditions. Since 1995 it has been led by one of his prominent students, Miguel Barnet , known for his development of
483-631: The study of Afro-Cuban music. In his second marriage, Fernando Ortiz married María Herrera (1942), who remained by his side for the rest of his life. María was a close collaborator in Ortiz's work. Fernando Ortiz died in Havana in 1969 and was interred there in the Colon Cemetery . Fernando Ortiz most known and read book was Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar originally published in 1940 in Spanish and translated to English in 1995. In his book he draws comparisons between sugar and tabaco
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#1732766258917506-735: Was also the founder and director of the Instituto Internacional de Estudios Afroamericanos (International Institute for the Study of Afroamericans), an institute dedicated to promoting scientific research on Afro-descended populations in the Americas, focusing on their biological and cultural aspects. The institute organized conferences, conducted studies, and served as a hub for the dissemination of research and collaboration among scholars and institutions. He later invited American anthropologist and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois to join
529-695: Was the founder and editor of Surco (1930–1931) and Ultra (1936–1947), both journals that provided commentary on international publications. Ortiz was professor of African American anthropologist Irene Diggs when she was doing her PhD in anthropology at University of Havana . Ortiz published articles in several prominent journals, including The Hispanic American Historical Review , Revista Científica Internacional , Revista de Administración , Revista de Arqueología y Etnología , and Revista de La Habana . He also helped establish important journals such as Revista Bimestre Cubana , Archivos del Folklore Cubano , and Estudios Afrocubanos . Ortiz also developed
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