This research aims to discuss the participation of settled individuals in a movement struggling for land reform (MST- Movement of the Landless) at two different moments: occupancy and settlement. Starting from the social psychology of Adorno, and analising a particular case, we may reflect that the participation in the MST represented a possibility, that the individuals had at the time of the occupancy - an experience (Erfahrung). They placed themselves in a reflective manner regarding the administered world, they had the possibility of developing their own train of thought, e.i. without being tutored. On the other hand, with the logics of merchandise and the principle of equivalence in the settlement, an actual experience (Erlebnis) tends to overtake the experience, and the individuals tend to once again adapt themselves to the known administered world. This fact causes a series of break off relations and disagreements or conflicts.
social moviments; experience (Erfahrung); Frankfurt school; T.W. Adorno