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OBJECTIVES to share the contributions of culture circles for teaching, research, and professional nursing practice, having as framework Paulo Freire's Research Itinerary. METHODS this is an experience report of a culture circle, with participation of three professors and ten students, enrolled in a course of a Graduate Program in Nursing in southern Brazil. In this culture circle, a tree was built in which the roots formed the thematic investigation, the stem, coding and decoding, and the leaves, the Research Itinerary critical unveiling. RESULTS participants demonstrated empowerment of Paulo Freire's assumptions, and building a tree made it possible to discuss in a pleasant and playful way culture circle use in teaching, research, and professional nursing practice. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS the culture circle promoted reflection and action on nursing praxis, turning Freirean thoughts into something concrete and transforming realities.